bpf: Keep dynamic inner array lookups nullable

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An ARRAY_OF_MAPS can use an array created with BPF_F_INNER_MAP as its
inner map template. A concrete inner array with a different max_entries
value can then replace the template.

After a successful outer map lookup, the verifier represents the
resulting map pointer using the inner map template. Const-key lookup
nullness elision consequently uses the template max_entries even though
the runtime helper uses the concrete inner map max_entries.

Do not elide lookup result nullness for maps marked with BPF_F_INNER_MAP,
because the template max_entries does not prove that the key is in bounds
for the concrete runtime map.

Fixes: d2102f2f5d ("bpf: verifier: Support eliding map lookup nullness")
Signed-off-by: Nuoqi Gui <gnq25@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260607-f01-v2-v2-1-da48453146e8@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>

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Nuoqi Gui 2026-06-07 21:24:13 +08:00 • committed by Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi

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