[PATCH bpf] bpf: propagate kvmemdup_bpfptr errors from bpf_prog_verify_signature
From: Weixie Cui
Date: Sat Mar 21 2026 - 02:08:33 EST
From: Weixie Cui <cuiweixie@xxxxxxxxx>
kvmemdup_bpfptr() returns -EFAULT when the user pointer cannot be
copied, and -ENOMEM on allocation failure. The error path always
returned -ENOMEM, misreporting bad addresses as out-of-memory.
Return PTR_ERR(sig) so user space gets the correct errno.
Signed-off-by: Weixie Cui <cuiweixie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 274039e36465..51ade3cde8bb 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ static int bpf_prog_verify_signature(struct bpf_prog *prog, union bpf_attr *attr
sig = kvmemdup_bpfptr(usig, attr->signature_size);
if (IS_ERR(sig)) {
bpf_key_put(key);
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return PTR_ERR(sig);
}
bpf_dynptr_init(&sig_ptr, sig, BPF_DYNPTR_TYPE_LOCAL, 0,
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)