[PATCH bpf-next v3 3/3] selftests/bpf: Cover commuted pointer state propagation
From: Yiyang Chen
Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 01:30:48 EST
Add verifier coverage for the three cases affected by preserving the full
pointer state across scalar += pointer: stack frame number inheritance,
readonly-untrusted memory access, and dynptr data-slice invalidation.
Signed-off-by: Yiyang Chen <chenyy23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c | 31 ++++++++++++++
.../bpf/progs/mem_rdonly_untrusted.c | 17 ++++++++
.../bpf/progs/verifier_basic_stack.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 89 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c
index 94489ac64da8e..7da4266bae09b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dynptr_fail.c
@@ -1635,6 +1635,37 @@ static int callback(__u32 index, void *data)
return 0;
}
+/* A commuted add should preserve the parent id of a dynptr data slice.
+ */
+SEC("?raw_tp")
+__failure __msg("invalid mem access 'scalar'")
+int dynptr_slice_commuted_invalidate(void *ctx)
+{
+ struct bpf_dynptr ptr;
+ __u32 *slice, *derived;
+
+ bpf_ringbuf_reserve_dynptr(&ringbuf, sizeof(__u32), 0, &ptr);
+
+ slice = bpf_dynptr_data(&ptr, 0, sizeof(__u32));
+ if (!slice)
+ goto done;
+
+ asm volatile ("%[dst] = 0;"
+ "%[dst] += %[src];"
+ "%[src] = 0;"
+ : [dst]"=&r"(derived), [src]"+r"(slice)
+ :
+ : "memory");
+
+ bpf_ringbuf_discard_dynptr(&ptr, 0);
+ val = *derived;
+ return 0;
+
+done:
+ bpf_ringbuf_discard_dynptr(&ptr, 0);
+ return 0;
+}
+
/* If the dynptr is written into in a callback function, its data
* slices should be invalidated as well.
*/
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mem_rdonly_untrusted.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mem_rdonly_untrusted.c
index 5b4453747c230..f166fff8f2176 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mem_rdonly_untrusted.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/mem_rdonly_untrusted.c
@@ -226,4 +226,21 @@ int null_check(void *ctx)
return 0;
}
+SEC("socket")
+__success
+__retval(1)
+int ldx_is_ok_commuted_addr(void *ctx)
+{
+ int v, *p, *derived;
+
+ v = 1;
+ p = bpf_rdonly_cast(&v, 0);
+ asm volatile ("%[dst] = 0;"
+ "%[dst] += %[src];"
+ : [dst]"=&r"(derived)
+ : [src]"r"(p)
+ : "memory");
+ return *derived;
+}
+
char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_basic_stack.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_basic_stack.c
index fb62e09f21146..d3df7a9f1d8c8 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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