[PATCH bpf v2 2/2] bpf, x86: Fix sign-extension moves in the i386 JIT

From: Nicholas Dudar

Date: Fri Nov 13 2026 - 15:15:17 EST


RFC9669 defines MOVSX, encoded as a register MOV with an offset of 8,
16 or 32, as dst = (s8,s16,s32)src, which the interpreter implements.
The i386 JIT ignores the offset and emits a plain move, so r0 = (s8)r0
with 0x80 returns 128 instead of -128. A verifier-accepted program can
therefore use values outside the range proved by the verifier.

Sign-extend the low 8, 16 or 32 bits of the source. For ALU64, fill the
high word with the sign; for ALU32, zero it unless the verifier inserts
the zero extension.

On an unpatched i386 kernel, a MOVSX test program passed a helper a
length beyond the verifier's bound. It stayed within the bound after
this change.

Found in a follow-up sweep of the JIT sources for instructions that are
selected by the offset field, and by reading the i386 MOV handler.

On i386 under qemu, with test_progs built as a 32-bit binary from the
same tree:

# ./test_progs -t verifier_movsx,verifier_sdiv,jit_insns \
-d jit_insns_blinded,'verifier_movsx/*@unpriv' -w 600
[...]
#191/28 jit_insns/movsx:OK
[...]
#649/1 verifier_movsx/MOV32SX, S8:OK
#649/3 verifier_movsx/MOV32SX, S16:OK
#649/5 verifier_movsx/MOV64SX, S8:OK
#649/7 verifier_movsx/MOV64SX, S16:OK
[...]
#649 verifier_movsx:OK
Summary: 2/172 PASSED, 16 SKIPPED, 1/6 FAILED

Without this change, the five subtests above fail. The six failures
left are jit_insns subtests that fail without the series as well.

Fixes: 8100928c8814 ("bpf: Support new sign-extension mov insns")
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Dudar <main.kalliope@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
index 012161da3e82..2ed3f8aad8d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
@@ -266,6 +266,51 @@ static inline void emit_ia32_mov_r64(const bool is64, const u8 dst[],
emit_ia32_mov_i(dst_hi, 0, dstk, pprog);
}

+/* dst = sign_extend(src, insn->off) */
+static inline void emit_ia32_movsx_r64(const struct bpf_insn *insn, u8 **pprog,
+ const struct bpf_prog_aux *aux)
+{
+ const u8 *dst = bpf2ia32[insn->dst_reg];
+ const u8 *src = bpf2ia32[insn->src_reg];
+ bool dstk = insn->dst_reg != BPF_REG_AX;
+ bool sstk = insn->src_reg != BPF_REG_AX;
+ bool is64 = BPF_CLASS(insn->code) == BPF_ALU64;
+ u8 *prog = *pprog;
+ int cnt = 0;
+
+ if (sstk)
+ /* mov eax,dword ptr [ebp+off] */
+ EMIT3(0x8B, add_2reg(0x40, IA32_EBP, IA32_EAX),
+ STACK_VAR(src_lo));
+ else
+ /* mov eax,src_lo */
+ EMIT2(0x89, add_2reg(0xC0, IA32_EAX, src_lo));
+
+ switch (insn->off) {
+ case 8:
+ /* movsx eax,al */
+ EMIT3(0x0F, 0xBE, 0xC0);
+ break;
+ case 16:
+ /* movsx eax,ax */
+ EMIT3(0x0F, 0xBF, 0xC0);
+ break;
+ case 32:
+ /* EAX already holds the low word; CDQ supplies the high word. */
+ break;
+ }
+
+ emit_ia32_mov_r(dst_lo, IA32_EAX, dstk, false, &prog);
+ if (is64) {
+ EMIT1(0x99); /* cdq */
+ emit_ia32_mov_r(dst_hi, IA32_EDX, dstk, false, &prog);
+ } else if (!aux->verifier_zext) {
+ emit_ia32_mov_i(dst_hi, 0, dstk, &prog);
+ }
+
+ *pprog = prog;
+}
+
/* Sign extended move */
static inline void emit_ia32_mov_i64(const bool is64, const u8 dst[],
const u32 val, bool dstk, u8 **pprog)
@@ -1706,6 +1751,12 @@ static int do_jit(struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog, int *addrs, u8 *image,
emit_ia32_mov_i(dst_hi, 0, dstk, &prog);
break;
}
+ if (insn->off == 8 || insn->off == 16 ||
+ (is64 && insn->off == 32)) {
+ emit_ia32_movsx_r64(insn, &prog,
+ bpf_prog->aux);
+ break;
+ }
emit_ia32_mov_r64(is64, dst, src, dstk, sstk,
&prog, bpf_prog->aux);
break;

--
2.53.0