bpf: Fix abuse of kprobe_write_ctx via freplace

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uprobe programs are allowed to modify struct pt_regs.

Since the actual program type of uprobe is KPROBE, it can be abused to
modify struct pt_regs via kprobe+freplace when the kprobe attaches to
kernel functions.

For example,

SEC("?kprobe")
int kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
	return 0;
}

SEC("?freplace")
int freplace_kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
	regs->di = 0;
	return 0;
}

freplace_kprobe prog will attach to kprobe prog.
kprobe prog will attach to a kernel function.

Without this patch, when the kernel function runs, its first arg will
always be set as 0 via the freplace_kprobe prog.

To fix the abuse of kprobe_write_ctx=true via kprobe+freplace, disallow
attaching freplace programs on kprobe programs with different
kprobe_write_ctx values.

Fixes: 7384893d97 ("bpf: Allow uprobe program to change context registers")
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260331145353.87606-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>

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Leon Hwang 2026-03-31 22:53:52 +08:00 • committed by Alexei Starovoitov

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