[PATCH bpf v2] bpf, cgroup: Fix storage null-ptr-deref after replacing prog
From: Pu Lehui
Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 03:36:56 EST
From: Pu Lehui <pulehui@xxxxxxxxxx>
Syzkaller reported a storage null-ptr-deref issue after replacing prog.
This occurs in the following scenario:
1. prog A, an empty prog, is attached to a cgrp.
2. prog B uses BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_CGROUP_STORAGE and calls the
bpf_get_local_storage helper.
3. link_update is called to replace prog A with prog B.
The reason is that __cgroup_bpf_replace fails to alloc and assign the
required cgrp storage for the incoming replacement prog. Consequently,
the new prog inherits an uninit storage, leading to null-ptr-deref panic
when kick the new prog.
Fix this by properly allocating the storage and comparing the old and
new storage pointers. If the storage changed, fallback to
update_effective_progs which performs a RCU-safe update of the entire
array. If the storage remains unchanged, we can safely retain the
fast-path in-place update.
Fixes: 0c991ebc8c69 ("bpf: Implement bpf_prog replacement for an active bpf_cgroup_link")
Signed-off-by: Pu Lehui <pulehui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Fix invalid access for in-place update when storage changed. (Sashiko)
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260714014659.401063-1-pulehui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
kernel/bpf/cgroup.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
index 4355ccb78a9c..e2fa0ebeed83 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
@@ -1032,11 +1032,17 @@ static int __cgroup_bpf_replace(struct cgroup *cgrp,
struct bpf_cgroup_link *link,
struct bpf_prog *new_prog)
{
+ struct bpf_cgroup_storage *new_storage[MAX_BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_TYPE] = {};
+ struct bpf_cgroup_storage *old_storage[MAX_BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_TYPE] = {};
+ struct bpf_cgroup_storage *storage[MAX_BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_TYPE] = {};
+ enum bpf_cgroup_storage_type stype;
enum cgroup_bpf_attach_type atype;
+ bool storage_changed = false;
struct bpf_prog *old_prog;
struct bpf_prog_list *pl;
struct hlist_head *progs;
bool found = false;
+ int err;
atype = bpf_cgroup_atype_find(link->link.attach_type, new_prog->aux->attach_btf_id);
if (atype < 0)
@@ -1056,10 +1062,39 @@ static int __cgroup_bpf_replace(struct cgroup *cgrp,
if (!found)
return -ENOENT;
+ if (bpf_cgroup_storages_alloc(storage, new_storage, link->link.attach_type,
+ new_prog, cgrp))
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ for_each_cgroup_storage_type(stype) {
+ if (storage[stype] != pl->storage[stype]) {
+ storage_changed = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
cgrp->bpf.revisions[atype] += 1;
old_prog = xchg(&link->link.prog, new_prog);
- replace_effective_prog(cgrp, atype, pl);
+
+ if (!storage_changed) {
+ replace_effective_prog(cgrp, atype, pl);
+ bpf_prog_put(old_prog);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ bpf_cgroup_storages_assign(old_storage, pl->storage);
+ bpf_cgroup_storages_assign(pl->storage, storage);
+ err = update_effective_progs(cgrp, atype);
+ if (err) {
+ xchg(&link->link.prog, old_prog);
+ bpf_cgroup_storages_assign(pl->storage, old_storage);
+ bpf_cgroup_storages_free(new_storage);
+ cgrp->bpf.revisions[atype] -= 1;
+ return err;
+ }
+
bpf_prog_put(old_prog);
+ bpf_cgroup_storages_link(new_storage, cgrp, link->link.attach_type);
return 0;
}
--
2.34.1