[PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf: Check pointer type for all atomic RMW paths

From: Yiyang Chen

Date: Sun Aug 16 2026 - 06:57:25 EST


Atomic RMW verification records an instruction pointer type only when the
current destination is PTR_TO_ARENA. A second path can therefore reach the
same instruction with an ordinary pointer without comparing it against the
saved arena type.

The post-verification fixup uses the saved type to rewrite the instruction
to BPF_PROBE_ATOMIC for every path. Record the actual destination type for
all atomic RMW paths so the existing mismatch check rejects incompatible
uses of one instruction.

Fixes: d503a04f8bc0 ("bpf: Add support for certain atomics in bpf_arena to x86 JIT")
Signed-off-by: Yiyang Chen <chenyy23@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index d17f14b35b79f..93463caf5c9ad 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -6739,11 +6739,9 @@ static int check_atomic_rmw(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
if (err)
return err;

- if (is_arena_reg(env, insn->dst_reg)) {
- err = save_aux_ptr_type(env, PTR_TO_ARENA, false);
- if (err)
- return err;
- }
+ err = save_aux_ptr_type(env, dst_reg->type, false);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
/* Check whether we can write into the same memory. */
err = check_mem_access(env, env->insn_idx, dst_reg, argno_from_reg(insn->dst_reg), insn->off,
BPF_SIZE(insn->code), BPF_WRITE, -1, true, false);

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2.43.0