Re: [PATCH bpf-next v5 10/10] selftests/bpf: add tests to validate KASAN on JIT programs
From: Ihor Solodrai
Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 18:38:42 EST
On 7/9/26 3:01 AM, Alexis Lothoré (eBPF Foundation) wrote:
> Add a basic KASAN test runner that loads and test-run programs that can
> trigger memory management bugs. The test captures kernel logs and ensure
> that the expected KASAN splat is emitted by searching for the
> corresponding first lines in the report, hence validated that the needed
> instrumentation has been inserted by the JIT compiler before the
> relevant memory accesses. To allow each test to trigger the expected
> report, the kernel must run with the kasan_multi_shot configuration.
>
> The runner covers different cases and settings: in the nominal case, it
> validates kasan reports on basic instructions (on all supported accesses
> sizes) but also when report _should not_ be emitted (eg: for accesses on
> program stack). The runner also comes with a few specialized tests that
> are then not executed for all sizes/locations:
> - specific atomic ops
> - test for instructions involving different verifier states, with some
> states flagging memory as stack, and other states as non-stack memory
> - tests that validate the stack marking shifting when a patch is emitted
> by the verifier (zext/rnd_hi32, constant blindind)
>
> A few of those tests depends on cpuv4 (load_acquire and store_release).
>
> # ./test_progs -a kasan
> #165/1 kasan/st_1_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/2 kasan/st_1_on_stack:OK
> #165/3 kasan/st_2_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/4 kasan/st_2_on_stack:OK
> #165/5 kasan/st_4_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/6 kasan/st_4_on_stack:OK
> #165/7 kasan/st_8_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/8 kasan/st_8_on_stack:OK
> #165/9 kasan/stx_1_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/10 kasan/stx_1_on_stack:OK
> #165/11 kasan/stx_2_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/12 kasan/stx_2_on_stack:OK
> #165/13 kasan/stx_4_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/14 kasan/stx_4_on_stack:OK
> #165/15 kasan/stx_8_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/16 kasan/stx_8_on_stack:OK
> #165/17 kasan/ldx_1_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/18 kasan/ldx_1_on_stack:OK
> #165/19 kasan/ldx_2_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/20 kasan/ldx_2_on_stack:OK
> #165/21 kasan/ldx_4_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/22 kasan/ldx_4_on_stack:OK
> #165/23 kasan/ldx_8_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/24 kasan/ldx_8_on_stack:OK
> #165/25 kasan/simple_atomic_4_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/26 kasan/simple_atomic_4_on_stack:OK
> #165/27 kasan/simple_atomic_8_not_on_stack:OK
> #165/28 kasan/simple_atomic_8_on_stack:OK
> #165/29 kasan/load_acquire_1_not_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/30 kasan/load_acquire_1_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/31 kasan/load_acquire_2_not_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/32 kasan/load_acquire_2_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/33 kasan/load_acquire_4_not_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/34 kasan/load_acquire_4_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/35 kasan/load_acquire_8_not_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/36 kasan/load_acquire_8_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/37 kasan/store_release_1_not_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/38 kasan/store_release_1_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/39 kasan/store_release_2_not_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/40 kasan/store_release_2_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/41 kasan/store_release_4_not_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/42 kasan/store_release_4_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/43 kasan/store_release_8_not_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/44 kasan/store_release_8_on_stack:SKIP
> #165/45 kasan/ldx_patched:OK
> #165/46 kasan/ldx_patched_on_stack:OK
> #165/47 kasan/verifier_paths_stack_and_non_stack:OK
> #165/48 kasan/st_blinded:OK
> #165 kasan:OK (SKIP: 16/48)
> Summary: 1/32 PASSED, 16 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED
That's quite comprehensive, good work!
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré (eBPF Foundation) <alexis.lothore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> [...]
> +
> +#define MAX_LOG_SIZE (8 * 1024)
> +#define READ_CHUNK_SIZE 256
> +
> +#define KASAN_PATTERN_SLAB_UAF "BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free " \
> + "in bpf_prog_%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x_%s"
> +#define KASAN_PATTERN_REPORT "%s of size %d at addr"
I don't know how feasible that is, but I think it would be good to
have a test or two for other KASAN errors, like OOB for example.
> [...]
> +
> +SEC("tcx/ingress")
> +int simple_atomic_on_stack(struct __sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> + struct kasan_write_val val;
> +
> + bpf_kfunc_kasan_poison(&val, sizeof(struct kasan_write_val));
> + switch (access_size) {
> + case 4:
> + __sync_fetch_and_add(&val.data_4, 4);
> + break;
> + case 8:
> + __sync_fetch_and_add(&val.data_8, 8);
It looks like the BPF_FETCH wouldn't execute this way, because the
result is discarded? And the whole if (is_atomic_fetch) branch in
do_jit() is also not covered?
Maybe it's worth adding a test with __sync_val_compare_and_swap() into
a poisoned map value, or something of the sort?
> + break;
> + }
> + bpf_kfunc_kasan_unpoison(&val, sizeof(struct kasan_write_val));
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +SEC("tcx/ingress")
> +int simple_atomic_not_on_stack(struct __sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> + struct kasan_write_val *val;
> + __u32 key = 0;
> +
> + val = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&test_map, &key);
> + if (!val)
> + return 0;
> +
> + bpf_kfunc_kasan_poison(val, sizeof(struct kasan_write_val));
> + switch (access_size) {
> + case 4:
> + __sync_fetch_and_add(&val->data_4, 4);
> + break;
> + case 8:
> + __sync_fetch_and_add(&val->data_8, 8);
> + break;
> + }
> + bpf_kfunc_kasan_unpoison(val, sizeof(struct kasan_write_val));
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> [...]
>