Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/4] Use correct destructor kfunc types

From: Yonghong Song
Date: Fri Jul 25 2025 - 12:06:02 EST




On 7/24/25 3:32 PM, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
Hi folks,

While running BPF self-tests with CONFIG_CFI_CLANG (Clang Control
Flow Integrity) enabled, I ran into a couple of CFI failures
in bpf_obj_free_fields() caused by type mismatches between
the btf_dtor_kfunc_t function pointer type and the registered
destructor functions.

It looks like we can't change the argument type for these
functions to match btf_dtor_kfunc_t because the verifier doesn't
like void pointer arguments for functions used in BPF programs,
so this series fixes the issue by adding stubs with correct types
to use as destructors for each instance of this I found in the
kernel tree.

The last patch changes btf_check_dtor_kfuncs() to enforce the
function type when CFI is enabled, so we don't end up registering
destructors that panic the kernel. Perhaps this is something we
could enforce even without CONFIG_CFI_CLANG?

I tried your patch set on top of latest bpf-next. The problem
still exists with the following error:

[ 71.976265] CFI failure at bpf_obj_free_fields+0x298/0x620 (target: __bpf_crypto_ctx_release+0x0/0x10; expected type: 0xc1113566)
[ 71.980134] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
...


The following is the CFI related config items:

$ grep CFI .config
CONFIG_CFI_AUTO_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_FUNCTION_PADDING_CFI=11
CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG=y
CONFIG_ARCH_USES_CFI_TRAPS=y
CONFIG_CFI_CLANG=y
# CONFIG_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_INTEGERS is not set
CONFIG_HAVE_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_INTEGERS_CLANG=y
CONFIG_HAVE_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_INTEGERS_RUSTC=y
# CONFIG_CFI_PERMISSIVE is not set

Did I miss anything?


Sami

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Sami Tolvanen (4):
bpf: crypto: Use the correct destructor kfunc type
bpf: net_sched: Use the correct destructor kfunc type
selftests/bpf: Use the correct destructor kfunc type
bpf, btf: Enforce destructor kfunc type with CFI

kernel/bpf/btf.c | 7 +++++++
kernel/bpf/crypto.c | 7 ++++++-
net/sched/bpf_qdisc.c | 7 ++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_testmod.c | 7 ++++++-
4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


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