[PATCH stable 6.6.y v2 2/3] bpf: make the verifier tracks the "not equal" for regs
From: Zhenzhong Wu
Date: Sun Jun 07 2026 - 13:13:07 EST
From: Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@xxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit d028f87517d6775dccff4ddbca2740826f9e53f1 ]
We can derive useful information for BPF_JNE when one side is a constant
and the constant is exactly at the edge of the other register range.
For example, a > 0 can be compiled as a jump if a == 0. The equal branch
marks the register as known zero, but the fallthrough branch also needs to
preserve that the register is not zero. Without this, the range can remain
[0, max] and later verifier state pruning can keep an impossible scalar
path.
The upstream fix lives in regs_refine_cond_op(). The 6.6.y verifier still
uses the older reg_set_min_max() layout, so express the same branch-edge
refinement there: for BPF_JEQ, preserve the known-equal true branch and
exclude the constant from false_reg; for BPF_JNE, preserve the known-equal
false branch and exclude the constant from true_reg.
Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@xxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231219134800.1550388-2-menglong8.dong@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ zhenzhong: backport to 6.6.y reg_set_min_max() layout. ]
Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Wu <jt26wzz@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 5f94bff12..de4f46796 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -14169,18 +14169,50 @@ static void reg_set_min_max(struct bpf_reg_state *true_reg,
if (is_jmp32) {
__mark_reg32_known(true_reg, val32);
true_32off = tnum_subreg(true_reg->var_off);
+ if (false_reg->u32_min_value == val32)
+ false_reg->u32_min_value++;
+ if (false_reg->u32_max_value == val32)
+ false_reg->u32_max_value--;
+ if (false_reg->s32_min_value == sval32)
+ false_reg->s32_min_value++;
+ if (false_reg->s32_max_value == sval32)
+ false_reg->s32_max_value--;
} else {
___mark_reg_known(true_reg, val);
true_64off = true_reg->var_off;
+ if (false_reg->umin_value == val)
+ false_reg->umin_value++;
+ if (false_reg->umax_value == val)
+ false_reg->umax_value--;
+ if (false_reg->smin_value == sval)
+ false_reg->smin_value++;
+ if (false_reg->smax_value == sval)
+ false_reg->smax_value--;
}
break;
case BPF_JNE:
if (is_jmp32) {
__mark_reg32_known(false_reg, val32);
false_32off = tnum_subreg(false_reg->var_off);
+ if (true_reg->u32_min_value == val32)
+ true_reg->u32_min_value++;
+ if (true_reg->u32_max_value == val32)
+ true_reg->u32_max_value--;
+ if (true_reg->s32_min_value == sval32)
+ true_reg->s32_min_value++;
+ if (true_reg->s32_max_value == sval32)
+ true_reg->s32_max_value--;
} else {
___mark_reg_known(false_reg, val);
false_64off = false_reg->var_off;
+ if (true_reg->umin_value == val)
+ true_reg->umin_value++;
+ if (true_reg->umax_value == val)
+ true_reg->umax_value--;
+ if (true_reg->smin_value == sval)
+ true_reg->smin_value++;
+ if (true_reg->smax_value == sval)
+ true_reg->smax_value--;
}
break;
case BPF_JSET:
--
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