[PATCH bpf v3] bpf: Fix out-of-bounds btf->types write for split BTF

From: Feng Yang

Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 23:20:31 EST


From: Feng Yang <yangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>

btf_add_type() stores the types of a BTF in btf->types[], which can hold at
most BTF_MAX_TYPE entries. The types of a split BTF get IDs start_id ..
start_id + nr_types - 1, so only BTF_MAX_TYPE - start_id of them fit, but
neither the limit check nor the size used to grow the array accounts for
start_id: the check is an equality test against BTF_MAX_TYPE
('start_id + btf->types_size == BTF_MAX_TYPE') and the new size is clamped
to BTF_MAX_TYPE.

The check therefore only fires if the array happens to grow to exactly
BTF_MAX_TYPE - start_id entries. Otherwise, if the module has more than
BTF_MAX_TYPE types, the array is filled up to BTF_MAX_TYPE entries. The
next type that needs to be added reallocates the array to the same size,
after which btf->types_size no longer equals btf->nr_types and the growth
path is not taken anymore, so every following type is written past the end
of the array:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90006200000
RIP: 0010:btf_add_type+0x74/0x270
Call Trace:
btf_check_all_metas
btf_parse_module

Bound both the array size and the limit check by BTF_MAX_TYPE - start_id.
Base BTF (start_id == 0) is unaffected.

Fixes: 951bb64621b8 ("bpf: Add in-kernel split BTF support")
Signed-off-by: Feng Yang <yangfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mahe Tardy <mahe.tardy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Simplify the commit message. Thanks, Ihor Solodrai.
Remove the redundant btf->start_id >= BTF_MAX_TYPE check introduced in v2.
When entering this branch, types_size == nr_types >= 0, so the condition
start_id >= BTF_MAX_TYPE is already covered by the second check.
start_id comes from btf_nr_types (base_btf), and the base BTF is subject
to the same bounds check, so start_id <= BTF_MAX_TYPE.
Thus there is no u32 wrap-around for start_id + type_size,
and max_size cannot underflow.

v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261026073654.840705-1-yangfeng59949@xxxxxxx/
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 7ed1ff71a089..1be30487a2fa 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -1752,15 +1752,16 @@ static int btf_add_type(struct btf_verifier_env *env, struct btf_type *t)
/* Expand 'types' array */

struct btf_type **new_types;
- u32 expand_by, new_size;
+ u32 expand_by, new_size, max_size;

- if (btf->start_id + btf->types_size == BTF_MAX_TYPE) {
+ if (btf->start_id + btf->types_size >= BTF_MAX_TYPE) {
btf_verifier_log(env, "Exceeded max num of types");
return -E2BIG;
}

+ max_size = BTF_MAX_TYPE - btf->start_id;
expand_by = max_t(u32, btf->types_size >> 2, 16);
- new_size = min_t(u32, BTF_MAX_TYPE,
+ new_size = min_t(u32, max_size,
btf->types_size + expand_by);

new_types = kvzalloc_objs(*new_types, new_size,
--
2.25.1