[PATCH bpf v4 4/5] selftests/bpf: Add test for key-less BTF hash map

From: Jiayuan Chen

Date: Tue Sep 01 2026 - 06:57:52 EST


Create a hash and an rhash map with btf_key_type_id == 0 and expect
bpf_map_create() to fail with -EINVAL; a positive control with a real
key type confirms the rejection is about the key-less BTF and not some
unrelated failure.

Such a map used to be accepted and then NULL-deref in btf_type_show()
when dumped through bpffs.

Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
re bot+bpf-ci: the positive control is on purpose. Without it, if the map
type is missing both creates return -EINVAL and the key-less check would
pass for the wrong reason.
---
.../bpf/prog_tests/btf_map_keyless.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 59 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_map_keyless.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_map_keyless.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_map_keyless.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3248bccc3557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_map_keyless.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <test_progs.h>
+#include <bpf/btf.h>
+
+/*
+ * A hash map with a key-less BTF (btf_key_type_id == 0) used to be accepted
+ * and then NULL-deref in btf_type_show() when dumped through bpffs. A fixed
+ * kernel rejects it at creation; verify that rejection, with a keyed positive
+ * control so the -EINVAL is about the missing key type and not some unrelated
+ * failure.
+ */
+static void check_keyless(int map_type, __u32 map_flags, int btf_fd, int val_id)
+{
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, opts);
+ int map_fd;
+
+ opts.map_flags = map_flags;
+ opts.btf_fd = btf_fd;
+ opts.btf_value_type_id = val_id;
+
+ /* Positive control: the same map with a real key type is accepted. */
+ opts.btf_key_type_id = val_id;
+ map_fd = bpf_map_create(map_type, "keyed_map", 4, 4, 8, &opts);
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(map_fd, 0, "keyed create is accepted"))
+ return;
+ close(map_fd);
+
+ /* A key-less BTF must be rejected. */
+ opts.btf_key_type_id = 0;
+ map_fd = bpf_map_create(map_type, "keyless_map", 4, 4, 8, &opts);
+ ASSERT_EQ(map_fd, -EINVAL, "key-less create is rejected");
+ if (map_fd >= 0)
+ close(map_fd);
+}
+
+void test_btf_map_keyless(void)
+{
+ int btf_fd, val_id;
+ struct btf *btf;
+
+ btf = btf__new_empty();
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(btf, "btf__new_empty"))
+ return;
+
+ val_id = btf__add_int(btf, "int", 4, BTF_INT_SIGNED);
+ if (!ASSERT_GT(val_id, 0, "btf__add_int"))
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(btf__load_into_kernel(btf), "btf__load_into_kernel"))
+ goto out;
+ btf_fd = btf__fd(btf);
+
+ if (test__start_subtest("hash"))
+ check_keyless(BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH, 0, btf_fd, val_id);
+ if (test__start_subtest("rhash"))
+ check_keyless(BPF_MAP_TYPE_RHASH, BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC, btf_fd, val_id);
+out:
+ btf__free(btf);
+}
--
2.43.0