Re: [PATCH bpf v2] bpf: Fix missing migration protection in __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch()
From: Mykyta Yatsenko
Date: Tue Sep 29 2026 - 08:08:40 EST
On 9/29/26 9:10 AM, Ömer Mete Kaya wrote:
> bpf_mem_cache_free_rcu() uses this_cpu_ptr() which requires migration
> to be disabled. All callers of rhtab_delete_elem() disable migration
> except __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(), which calls it under
> rcu_read_lock() only.
>
> On CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU, rcu_read_lock() does not disable preemption or
> migration, so the task can migrate between CPUs during the delete loop,
> causing this_cpu_ptr() to trigger:
>
> BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code
>
> Fix by wrapping the delete loop in migrate_disable()/migrate_enable()
> in __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(), matching the migration
> protection that the other callers already provide.
>
> Fixes: 818e00848227 ("bpf: Implement iteration ops for resizable hashtab")
> Reported-by: syzbot+fd7e415d891073b83e1f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=fd7e415d891073b83e1f
> Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ömer Mete Kaya <omermetekaya0@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Acked-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@xxxxxxxx>
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix root cause in __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch() with
> migrate_disable()/migrate_enable() instead of stretching
> bpf_disable_instrumentation() in rhtab_delete_elem().
> - Fix Fixes: tag to 818e00848227.
> - Fix commit message: migration disabled, not preemption.
>
> Tested with syzkaller:
> - Before the fix: the reported warning was reproduced reliably.
> - After the fix: the warning was no longer reproducible.
>
> kernel/bpf/hashtab.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
> index f744a42bb813..2bb9ac7fc73e 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
> @@ -3369,8 +3369,10 @@ static int __rhtab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(struct bpf_map *map,
> }
>
> if (do_delete) {
> + migrate_disable();
> for (i = 0; i < total; i++)
> rhtab_delete_elem(rhtab, del_elems[i], NULL, 0);
> + migrate_enable();
> }
>
> rcu_read_unlock();
> --
> 2.55.0
>
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