Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/2] bpf: Enforce gotox targets against subprog bounds
From: Anton Protopopov
Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 14:11:50 EST
On 26/06/28 09:59PM, Nuoqi Gui wrote:
> For gotox, CFG construction models the indirect-jump target set in
> insn_aux_data->jt, while do_check() later follows targets from the runtime
> PTR_TO_INSN register's own INSN_ARRAY map. If the same gotox can be
> reached with PTR_TO_INSN values from different maps, do_check() can accept
> a target outside the calling subprog.
Can we use some human-readable description here? Please just explain that maps
considered during the config stage must be a super-set of maps checked runtime.
> The observed x86 JIT case can then enter another subprog without a matching
> BPF call frame and crash when the program is run.
Sorry, but why the x86 is still here?
>
> Fix this by rejecting gotox map targets outside the current gotox subprog.
> Add a regression test covering the two-map cross-subprog case.
>
> v1 -> v2:
> - Validate gotox runtime targets against the current subprog bounds instead
> of scanning the CFG jump table.
> - Fix the selftest expected error from -EACCES to -EINVAL.
>
> v2 -> v3:
> - Drop the Validation section from the cover letter.
> - Clarify that the crash was observed through the x86 JIT path while the
> verifier invariant is generic.
> - Simplify the cover letter and commit message.
> - Remove the unused skel argument from the raw-insn selftest.
> - Move the raw-insn selftest to the end of test_bpf_gotox().
>
> v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260609-f01-03-gotox-bpf-next-v1-0-b441d63a1559@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> v2:
> https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260613-f01-03-gotox-bpf-next-v2-send-v2-0-7c883b43f3c3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Signed-off-by: Nuoqi Gui <gnq25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Nuoqi Gui (2):
> bpf: Enforce gotox targets against subprog bounds
> selftests/bpf: Add cross-subprog gotox target coverage
>
> kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 19 ++++++
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_gotox.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 92 insertions(+)
> ---
> base-commit: 7bfb93e3475be9de894f1cecd3a727d3e1649b03
> change-id: 20260628-f01-03-gotox-bpf-next-1a7af91d2c82
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Nuoqi Gui <gnq25@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>