Re: [PATCH bpf v4] bpf: fix NULL pointer dereference in bpf_task_from_vpid()

From: Leon Hwang

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 01:45:11 EST


On 8/6/26 13:00, Sechang Lim wrote:
> bpf_task_from_vpid() looks up a task in the pid namespace of the
> current task, via find_task_by_vpid():
>
> find_task_by_vpid(vpid)
> find_task_by_pid_ns(vpid, task_active_pid_ns(current))
> find_pid_ns(nr, ns) -> idr_find(&ns->idr, nr)
>
> cgroup_skb programs run in softirq, which may interrupt a task that is
> itself in do_exit(). Once that task has passed
> exit_notify() -> release_task() -> __unhash_process(), its thread_pid is
> cleared, so task_active_pid_ns(current) returns NULL and find_pid_ns()
> dereferences &NULL->idr:
>
> BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000050
> RIP: 0010:idr_find+0x11/0x30 lib/idr.c:176
> Call Trace:
> <IRQ>
> find_pid_ns kernel/pid.c:370 [inline]
> find_task_by_pid_ns+0x3b/0xe0 kernel/pid.c:485
> bpf_task_from_vpid+0x5b/0x200 kernel/bpf/helpers.c:2916
> bpf_prog_run_array_cg+0x17e/0x530 kernel/bpf/cgroup.c:81
> __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_skb+0x12b/0x250 kernel/bpf/cgroup.c:1612
> sk_filter_trim_cap+0x1dc/0x4c0 net/core/filter.c:148
> tcp_v4_rcv+0x18d1/0x2200 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2223
> </IRQ>
> <TASK>
> do_exit+0xa63/0x1270 kernel/exit.c:1010
> get_signal+0x141c/0x1530 kernel/signal.c:3037
>
> Bail out when current has no pid namespace.
>
> Fixes: 675c3596ff32 ("bpf: Add bpf_task_from_vpid() kfunc")
> Signed-off-by: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4:
> - Drop the in_interrupt() check. (Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi)
> - Switch to guard(rcu)() and drop the explicit rcu_read_unlock(). (Leon
> Hwang)
>
LGTM:

Acked-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@xxxxxxxxx>