[PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Fix tnum_overlap to check for zero mask first

From: KaFai Wan
Date: Sun Oct 26 2025 - 12:39:02 EST


Syzbot reported a kernel warning due to a range invariant violation in
the BPF verifier. The issue occurs when tnum_overlap() fails to detect
that two tnums don't have any overlapping bits.

The problematic BPF program:
0: call bpf_get_prandom_u32
1: r6 = r0
2: r6 &= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0
3: r7 = r0
4: r7 &= 0x07
5: r7 -= 0xFF
6: if r6 == r7 goto <exit>

After instruction 5, R7 has the range:
R7: u64=[0xffffffffffffff01, 0xffffffffffffff08] var_off=(0xffffffffffffff00; 0xf)

R6 and R7 don't overlap since they have no agreeing bits. However,
is_branch_taken() fails to recognize this, causing the verifier to
refine register bounds and end up with inconsistent bounds:

6: if r6 == r7 goto <exit>
R6: u64=[0xffffffffffffff01, 0xffffffffffffff00] var_off=(0xffffffffffffff00, 0x0)
R7: u64=[0xffffffffffffff01, 0xffffffffffffff00] var_off=(0xffffffffffffff00, 0x0)

The root cause is that tnum_overlap() doesn't properly handle the case
where the masks have no overlapping bits.

Fix this by adding an early check for zero mask intersection in tnum_overlap().

Reported-by: syzbot+c950cc277150935cc0b5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: f41345f47fb2 ("bpf: Use tnums for JEQ/JNE is_branch_taken logic")
Signed-off-by: KaFai Wan <kafai.wan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/tnum.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/tnum.c b/kernel/bpf/tnum.c
index f8e70e9c3998..af2f38b4f840 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/tnum.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/tnum.c
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ bool tnum_overlap(struct tnum a, struct tnum b)
{
u64 mu;

+ if ((a.mask & b.mask) == 0)
+ return false;
mu = ~a.mask & ~b.mask;
return (a.value & mu) == (b.value & mu);
}
--
2.43.0