[PATCH bpf 2/2] selftests/bpf: Test iterator link target validation

From: Jan-Gerd Tenberge

Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 12:16:06 EST


Exercise target-dependent iterator checks during BPF_LINK_UPDATE.
Verify that updates to a program with an oversized array or socket-storage
value access are rejected, as is an update to a sleepable program on a
non-reschedulable hash iterator.

Run each original program after the rejected update to ensure that it
remains attached. Also verify that a compatible array iterator update
succeeds.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Jan-Gerd Tenberge <janten@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_iter.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++--
.../bpf/progs/bpf_iter_bpf_array_map.c | 17 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_iter.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_iter.c
index c69080ca14f5..3ae5203d3fac 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_iter.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_iter.c
@@ -897,14 +897,22 @@ static void test_bpf_hash_map(void)
/* Sleepable program is prohibited for hash map iterator */
linfo.map.map_fd = map_fd;
link = bpf_program__attach_iter(skel->progs.sleepable_dummy_dump, &opts);
- if (!ASSERT_ERR_PTR(link, "attach_sleepable_prog_to_iter"))
+ err = libbpf_get_error(link);
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, -EINVAL, "attach_sleepable_prog_to_iter")) {
+ if (!err)
+ bpf_link__destroy(link);
goto out;
+ }

linfo.map.map_fd = map_fd;
link = bpf_program__attach_iter(skel->progs.dump_bpf_hash_map, &opts);
if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_iter"))
goto out;

+ err = bpf_link__update_program(link, skel->progs.sleepable_dummy_dump);
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, -EINVAL, "update_sleepable_prog"))
+ goto free_link;
+
iter_fd = bpf_iter_create(bpf_link__fd(link));
if (!ASSERT_GE(iter_fd, 0, "create_iter"))
goto free_link;
@@ -1023,7 +1031,7 @@ static void test_bpf_array_map(void)
int err, i, map_fd, hash_fd, iter_fd;
struct bpf_iter_bpf_array_map *skel;
union bpf_iter_link_info linfo;
- struct bpf_link *link;
+ struct bpf_link *link, *bad_link;
char buf[64] = {};
int len, start;

@@ -1049,10 +1057,24 @@ static void test_bpf_array_map(void)
linfo.map.map_fd = map_fd;
opts.link_info = &linfo;
opts.link_info_len = sizeof(linfo);
+ bad_link = bpf_program__attach_iter(skel->progs.oob_write_bpf_array_map,
+ &opts);
+ err = libbpf_get_error(bad_link);
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, -EACCES, "attach_oob_write_iter")) {
+ if (!err)
+ bpf_link__destroy(bad_link);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
link = bpf_program__attach_iter(skel->progs.dump_bpf_array_map, &opts);
if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_iter"))
goto out;

+ err = bpf_link__update_program(link, skel->progs.oob_write_bpf_array_map);
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, -EACCES, "update_oob_write_iter"))
+ goto free_link;
+
+ /* The rejected update must leave dump_bpf_array_map attached. */
iter_fd = bpf_iter_create(bpf_link__fd(link));
if (!ASSERT_GE(iter_fd, 0, "create_iter"))
goto free_link;
@@ -1092,6 +1114,9 @@ static void test_bpf_array_map(void)
goto close_iter;
}

+ err = bpf_link__update_program(link, skel->progs.noop_bpf_array_map);
+ ASSERT_OK(err, "update_valid_iter");
+
close_iter:
close(iter_fd);
free_link:
@@ -1363,6 +1388,11 @@ static void test_bpf_sk_storage_map(void)
if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_iter"))
goto out;

+ err = bpf_link__update_program(link,
+ skel->progs.oob_write_bpf_sk_storage_map);
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, -EACCES, "update_oob_write_iter"))
+ goto free_link;
+
iter_fd = bpf_iter_create(bpf_link__fd(link));
if (!ASSERT_GE(iter_fd, 0, "create_iter"))
goto free_link;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_bpf_array_map.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_bpf_array_map.c
index 19710cc0f250..beb1b714f120 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_bpf_array_map.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_bpf_array_map.c
@@ -51,3 +51,20 @@ int dump_bpf_array_map(struct bpf_iter__bpf_map_elem *ctx)
*val = *key;
return 0;
}
+
+SEC("iter/bpf_map_elem")
+int noop_bpf_array_map(struct bpf_iter__bpf_map_elem *ctx)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+SEC("iter/bpf_map_elem")
+int oob_write_bpf_array_map(struct bpf_iter__bpf_map_elem *ctx)
+{
+ __u64 *val = ctx->value;
+
+ if (val)
+ val[1] = 0;
+
+ return 0;
+}
--
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