[PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf: Fix WARNING in bpf_tracing_link_release

From: Leon Hwang

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 11:29:26 EST


The trampoline could be corrupted by the blindly
'tr->flags = BPF_TRAMP_F_TAIL_CALL_CTX' in verifier.

1. A fexit attached to a tail_call_reachable prog. 'tr->flags' became
'BPF_TRAMP_F_CALL_ORIG | BPF_TRAMP_F_TAIL_CALL_CTX'. And, the
trampoline would poke the target prog's nop insn using jmp insn instead
of call insn.
2. Another fexit loaded with the same tail_call_reachable prog target.
'tr->flags' became 'BPF_TRAMP_F_TAIL_CALL_CTX'.
3. Close the first fexit link. Due to no BPF_TRAMP_F_CALL_ORIG in
'tr->flags', the trampoline will fail to restore the prog's nop insn
using call insn.

[ 3.410719] WARNING: kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3551 at bpf_tracing_link_release+0x53/0x60, CPU#1: test_progs/98
...
[ 3.428793] bpf_link_free+0x58/0x130
[ 3.429293] bpf_link_release+0x23/0x30

Fix the warning by updating 'tr->flags' with '|=' and lock.

Fixes: 2b5dcb31a19a ("bpf, x64: Fix tailcall infinite loop")
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/bpf.h | 2 ++
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c | 7 +++++++
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index e066f44a9c05..7bfc28673124 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1523,6 +1523,7 @@ int bpf_trampoline_multi_attach(struct bpf_prog *prog, u32 *ids,
struct bpf_tracing_multi_link *link);
int bpf_trampoline_multi_detach(struct bpf_prog *prog,
struct bpf_tracing_multi_link *link);
+void bpf_trampoline_set_flags(struct bpf_trampoline *tr, u32 flags);

/*
* When the architecture supports STATIC_CALL replace the bpf_dispatcher_fn
@@ -1646,6 +1647,7 @@ static inline int bpf_trampoline_multi_detach(struct bpf_prog *prog,
{
return -ENOTSUPP;
}
+static inline void bpf_trampoline_set_flags(struct bpf_trampoline *tr, u32 flags) {}
#endif

struct bpf_func_info_aux {
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
index 6eadf64f7ec9..129d07db117e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/trampoline.c
@@ -670,6 +670,13 @@ static struct bpf_tramp_image *bpf_tramp_image_alloc(u64 key, int size)
return ERR_PTR(err);
}

+void bpf_trampoline_set_flags(struct bpf_trampoline *tr, u32 flags)
+{
+ trampoline_lock(tr);
+ tr->flags |= flags;
+ trampoline_unlock(tr);
+}
+
static int bpf_trampoline_update(struct bpf_trampoline *tr, bool lock_direct_mutex,
const struct bpf_trampoline_ops *ops, void *data)
{
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 52be0a118cce..66d8d9eaec05 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -19523,7 +19523,7 @@ static int check_attach_btf_id(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
return -ENOMEM;

if (tgt_prog && tgt_prog->aux->tail_call_reachable)
- tr->flags = BPF_TRAMP_F_TAIL_CALL_CTX;
+ bpf_trampoline_set_flags(tr, BPF_TRAMP_F_TAIL_CALL_CTX);

prog->aux->dst_trampoline = tr;
return 0;
--
2.55.0