[PATCH bpf-next v2 10/13] selftests/bpf: cover the low-32 link for narrowing stack fills

From: Vineet Gupta

Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 12:57:33 EST


Five programs, following the mov set:

- zext_fill_narrow_from_wide_spill: narrowing the spilled value reaches
the filled register
- sext_fill_narrow_from_wide_spill: the same for a sign-extending fill,
and the value that arrives is sign-extended
- zext_fill_full_width_keeps_full_link: a full-width fill is a plain
64-bit equality and must keep propagating as before
- zext_fill_byte_forms_no_link: a sub-word fill is below the low-32
model, so no link is formed
- fill_kinds_reach_different_values: the same, for the two fill kinds off
one slot

The first two are the ones that pin the new behaviour: disabling link
formation in the fill arm makes both fail. The other three are guards
against the feature applying where it should not, and hold either way.

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: new, with 9/13.
.../bpf/progs/verifier_linked_scalars.c | 144 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 144 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_linked_scalars.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_linked_scalars.c
index 9d060d8b0c1f..e8a44e7579c8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_linked_scalars.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_linked_scalars.c
@@ -966,6 +966,88 @@ __naked void zext_mov_breaks_add_const_src(void)
: __clobber_all);
}

+/*
+ * A narrowing fill keeps only the slot's low 32 bits, so a later narrowing of
+ * the spilled value must still reach the filled register. Same relation as a
+ * 32-bit mov from a wide source, with the stack slot as the base.
+ */
+SEC("socket")
+__success
+__naked void zext_fill_narrow_from_wide_spill(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r6 = r0; \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r0 <<= 32; \
+ r6 |= r0; /* r6 = full 64-bit unknown */ \
+ *(u64 *)(r10 - 8) = r6; /* slot linked to r6 */ \
+ r2 = *(u32 *)(r10 - 8); /* narrowing fill, forms the link */ \
+ if w6 != 0 goto 1f; /* narrows r6, propagates to r2 */ \
+ if r2 == 0 goto 1f; \
+ r0 /= 0; \
+1: \
+ r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" :
+ : __imm(bpf_get_prandom_u32)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
+/*
+ * A full-width fill of a wide slot is a plain 64-bit equality, not a low-32
+ * link, so it must keep propagating exactly as before.
+ */
+SEC("socket")
+__success
+__naked void zext_fill_full_width_keeps_full_link(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r6 = r0; \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r0 <<= 32; \
+ r6 |= r0; \
+ *(u64 *)(r10 - 8) = r6; \
+ r2 = *(u64 *)(r10 - 8); /* no narrowing */ \
+ if r6 != 0 goto 1f; \
+ if r2 == 0 goto 1f; \
+ r0 /= 0; \
+1: \
+ r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" :
+ : __imm(bpf_get_prandom_u32)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
+/*
+ * A sub-word fill is below the low-32 model, so no link is formed and the
+ * relation is dropped as before.
+ */
+SEC("socket")
+__failure __msg("div by zero")
+__naked void zext_fill_byte_forms_no_link(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r6 = r0; \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r0 <<= 32; \
+ r6 |= r0; \
+ *(u64 *)(r10 - 8) = r6; \
+ r2 = *(u8 *)(r10 - 8); /* 1-byte fill: no link */ \
+ if w6 != 0 goto 1f; \
+ if r2 == 0 goto 1f; /* not deduced */ \
+ r0 /= 0; \
+1: \
+ r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" :
+ : __imm(bpf_get_prandom_u32)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
#ifdef CAN_USE_MOVSX

/*
@@ -1129,6 +1211,68 @@ __naked void sext_kinds_reach_different_values(void)
: __clobber_all);
}

+/*
+ * The sign-extending counterpart: the filled register is the sign extension of
+ * the slot's low 32 bits, so a narrowing of those bits arrives sign-extended.
+ */
+SEC("socket")
+__success
+__naked void sext_fill_narrow_from_wide_spill(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r6 = r0; \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r0 <<= 32; \
+ r6 |= r0; /* r6 = full 64-bit unknown */ \
+ *(u64 *)(r10 - 8) = r6; /* slot linked to r6 */ \
+ r2 = *(s32 *)(r10 - 8); /* narrowing sx fill */ \
+ if w6 != -1 goto 1f; /* narrows r6, propagates to r2 */ \
+ if r2 == -1 goto 1f; /* sign-extended, not 0xffffffff */ \
+ r0 /= 0; \
+1: \
+ r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" :
+ : __imm(bpf_get_prandom_u32)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The same, for the two fill kinds off one slot.
+ */
+SEC("socket")
+__failure __msg("div by zero")
+__flag(BPF_F_TEST_STATE_FREQ)
+__naked void fill_kinds_reach_different_values(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r6 = r0; \
+ r6 &= 1; \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r8 = r0; \
+ call %[bpf_get_prandom_u32]; \
+ r0 <<= 32; \
+ r8 |= r0; \
+ *(u64 *)(r10 - 8) = r8; \
+ if r6 >= 1 goto 2f; \
+ r2 = *(s32 *)(r10 - 8); /* sign-extending fill */ \
+ goto 1f; \
+2: \
+ r2 = *(u32 *)(r10 - 8); /* zero-extending fill */ \
+1: \
+ if w8 != -1 goto 3f; \
+ if r2 == -1 goto 3f; /* only the sign-extending path */ \
+ r0 /= 0; \
+3: \
+ r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" :
+ : __imm(bpf_get_prandom_u32)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
#endif /* CAN_USE_MOVSX */

char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
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