[PATCH bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: Cover stack frame number after scalar plus fp

From: Yiyang Chen

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 12:48:40 EST


Add a verifier test where a callee spills a map value pointer. It then
derives its frame pointer through scalar += fp. It overwrites the same
stack slot through the derived pointer.

The final reload must be treated as a scalar after the overwrite. The
verifier should reject the program when the reloaded value is dereferenced.

Signed-off-by: Yiyang Chen <chenyy23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c | 2 -
.../bpf/prog_tests/verifier_basic_stack.c | 28 +++++++++++++
.../bpf/progs/verifier_basic_stack.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier_basic_stack.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c
index be97f6887f0e7..0483ae340726c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
#include "verifier_arena_globals2.skel.h"
#include "verifier_array_access.skel.h"
#include "verifier_async_cb_context.skel.h"
-#include "verifier_basic_stack.skel.h"
#include "verifier_bitfield_write.skel.h"
#include "verifier_bounds.skel.h"
#include "verifier_bounds_deduction.skel.h"
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ void test_verifier_arena(void) { RUN(verifier_arena); }
void test_verifier_arena_large(void) { RUN(verifier_arena_large); }
void test_verifier_arena_globals1(void) { RUN(verifier_arena_globals1); }
void test_verifier_arena_globals2(void) { RUN(verifier_arena_globals2); }
-void test_verifier_basic_stack(void) { RUN(verifier_basic_stack); }
void test_verifier_bitfield_write(void) { RUN(verifier_bitfield_write); }
void test_verifier_bounds(void) { RUN(verifier_bounds); }
void test_verifier_bounds_deduction(void) { RUN(verifier_bounds_deduction); }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier_basic_stack.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier_basic_stack.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..279f389729b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/verifier_basic_stack.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+#include <test_progs.h>
+
+#include "cap_helpers.h"
+#include "verifier_basic_stack.skel.h"
+
+void test_verifier_basic_stack(void)
+{
+ struct test_loader tester = {};
+ __u64 old_caps;
+ int err;
+
+ /* test_verifier tests are executed w/o CAP_SYS_ADMIN, do the same here */
+ err = cap_disable_effective(1ULL << CAP_SYS_ADMIN, &old_caps);
+ if (err) {
+ PRINT_FAIL("failed to drop CAP_SYS_ADMIN: %i, %s\n", err, strerror(-err));
+ return;
+ }
+
+ test_loader__run_subtests(&tester, "verifier_basic_stack",
+ verifier_basic_stack__elf_bytes);
+ test_loader_fini(&tester);
+
+ err = cap_enable_effective(old_caps, NULL);
+ if (err)
+ PRINT_FAIL("failed to restore CAP_SYS_ADMIN: %i, %s\n", err, strerror(-err));
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_basic_stack.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_basic_stack.c
index fb62e09f21146..634183fc86883 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_basic_stack.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_basic_stack.c
@@ -97,4 +97,45 @@ __naked void misaligned_read_from_stack(void)
" ::: __clobber_all);
}

+SEC("socket")
+__description("stack pointer arithmetic preserves frame number")
+__failure __msg("R7 invalid mem access 'scalar'")
+__naked void stack_ptr_arith_preserves_frameno(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ r3 = 0; \
+ *(u64 *)(r10 - 8) = r3; \
+ r1 = %[map_hash_8b] ll; \
+ r2 = r10; \
+ r2 += -8; \
+ call %[bpf_map_lookup_elem]; \
+ if r0 != 0 goto +2; \
+ r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+ r1 = r0; \
+ r2 = 0; \
+ r3 = 0; \
+ call stack_ptr_arith_preserves_frameno_subprog; \
+ r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" :
+ : __imm(bpf_map_lookup_elem),
+ __imm_addr(map_hash_8b)
+ : __clobber_all);
+}
+
+static __used __naked void stack_ptr_arith_preserves_frameno_subprog(void)
+{
+ asm volatile (" \
+ *(u64 *)(r10 - 8) = r1; \
+ r6 = -8; \
+ r6 += r10; \
+ *(u64 *)(r6 + 0) = r2; \
+ r7 = *(u64 *)(r10 - 8); \
+ *(u64 *)(r7 + 0) = r3; \
+ r0 = 0; \
+ exit; \
+" ::: __clobber_all);
+}
+
char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
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