Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf: Fix tnum_overlap to check for zero mask intersection
From: bot+bpf-ci
Date: Tue Oct 28 2025 - 11:45:59 EST
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commit 16cbc4520eb13d2065d145c76b97fb93035d81e8
Author: KaFai Wan <kafai.wan@xxxxxxxxx>
bpf: Fix tnum_overlap to check for zero mask intersection
This patch adds an early return check in tnum_overlap() to detect
non-overlapping tnums when their masks have no overlapping bits. The
fix addresses a syzbot report where the verifier failed to recognize
that two tnums couldn't represent the same value.
Reported-by: syzbot+c950cc277150935cc0b5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/tnum.c b/kernel/bpf/tnum.c
> index f8e70e9c3..1a75b7c9a 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/tnum.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/tnum.c
> @@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ bool tnum_overlap(struct tnum a, struct tnum b)
> {
> u64 mu;
>
> + if (a.mask && b.mask && !(a.mask & b.mask))
> + return false;
^^^^^
Does this logic correctly detect non-overlapping tnums? Consider this
counter-example:
a = (value=0x5, mask=0xA) // binary: value=0101, mask=1010
b = (value=0xA, mask=0x5) // binary: value=1010, mask=0101
The masks are disjoint: (0xA & 0x5) == 0, so the new check returns
false (no overlap).
However, these tnums actually represent overlapping sets:
a represents: {5, 7, 13, 15} // 0b0101, 0b0111, 0b1101, 0b1111
b represents: {10, 11, 14, 15} // 0b1010, 0b1011, 0b1110, 0b1111
Both sets contain 15, so they do overlap. Can this cause incorrect
verifier behavior when is_branch_taken() calls tnum_overlap() to
determine if JEQ/JNE branches are reachable?
> mu = ~a.mask & ~b.mask;
> return (a.value & mu) == (b.value & mu);
> }
```
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