[PATCH bpf 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add inner map template lookup NULLness test
From: Sun Jian
Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 03:23:14 EST
Add a verifier test that performs an inner array lookup with a constant
key that is within the template's max_entries, and then dereferences the
lookup result without a NULL check.
The test covers array maps used as inner map templates, where the
template's max_entries does not prove that a runtime lookup against a
concrete inner map cannot return NULL.
The verifier should reject the program because the lookup result must
remain PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL.
Signed-off-by: Sun Jian <sun.jian.kdev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_map_in_map.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_map_in_map.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_map_in_map.c
index 16b761e510f0..c650731c6151 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_map_in_map.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_map_in_map.c
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ struct {
});
} map_in_map SEC(".maps");
+struct {
+ __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY_OF_MAPS);
+ __uint(max_entries, 1);
+ __type(key, int);
+ __type(value, int);
+ __array(values, struct {
+ __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
+ __uint(max_entries, 8);
+ __uint(map_flags, BPF_F_INNER_MAP);
+ __type(key, int);
+ __type(value, int);
+ });
+} map_in_map_inner_array SEC(".maps");
+
SEC("socket")
__description("map in map access")
__success __success_unpriv __retval(0)
@@ -139,6 +153,36 @@ __naked void on_the_inner_map_pointer(void)
: __clobber_all);
}
+SEC("socket")
+__description("inner array lookup requires null check")
+__failure __msg("invalid mem access 'map_value_or_null'")
+__failure_unpriv
+__naked void inner_array_lookup_requires_null_check(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ r1 = 0; \
+ *(u32*)(r10 - 4) = r1; \
+ r2 = r10; \
+ r2 += -4; \
+ r1 = %[map_in_map_inner_array] ll; \
+ call %[bpf_map_lookup_elem]; \
+ if r0 == 0 goto l0_%=; \
+ r1 = 6; \
+ *(u32*)(r10 - 4) = r1; \
+ r2 = r10; \
+ r2 += -4; \
+ r1 = r0; \
+ call %[bpf_map_lookup_elem]; \
+ r0 = *(u32*)(r0 + 0); \
+ exit; \
+l0_%=: r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" :
+ : __imm(bpf_map_lookup_elem),
+ __imm_addr(map_in_map_inner_array)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
SEC("socket")
__description("map_ptr is never null")
__success
--
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