From: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Juntong Deng <juntong.deng@outlook.com>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf v2] bpf: fix NULL pointer dereference in bpf_task_from_vpid()
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 20:04:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260605200501.1619406-1-rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com> (raw)
bpf_task_from_vpid() looks up a task in the pid namespace of the
current task, via find_task_by_vpid():
find_task_by_vpid(vpid)
find_task_by_pid_ns(vpid, task_active_pid_ns(current))
find_pid_ns(nr, ns) -> idr_find(&ns->idr, nr)
cgroup_skb programs run in softirq, which may interrupt a task that is
itself in do_exit(). Once that task has passed
exit_notify() -> release_task() -> __unhash_process(), its thread_pid is
cleared, so task_active_pid_ns(current) returns NULL and find_pid_ns()
dereferences &NULL->idr:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000050
RIP: 0010:idr_find+0x11/0x30 lib/idr.c:176
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
find_pid_ns kernel/pid.c:370 [inline]
find_task_by_pid_ns+0x3b/0xe0 kernel/pid.c:485
bpf_task_from_vpid+0x5b/0x200 kernel/bpf/helpers.c:2916
bpf_prog_run_array_cg+0x17e/0x530 kernel/bpf/cgroup.c:81
__cgroup_bpf_run_filter_skb+0x12b/0x250 kernel/bpf/cgroup.c:1612
sk_filter_trim_cap+0x1dc/0x4c0 net/core/filter.c:148
tcp_v4_rcv+0x18d1/0x2200 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2223
</IRQ>
<TASK>
do_exit+0xa63/0x1270 kernel/exit.c:1010
get_signal+0x141c/0x1530 kernel/signal.c:3037
Return NULL when called from interrupt context.
Suggested-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Fixes: 675c3596ff32 ("bpf: Add bpf_task_from_vpid() kfunc")
Signed-off-by: Sechang Lim <rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- Reject calls from interrupt context (Yonghong Song)
v1:
- https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260603204206.773482-1-rhkrqnwk98@gmail.com/
kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index b5314c9fed3c..890202361b53 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -2912,6 +2912,9 @@ __bpf_kfunc struct task_struct *bpf_task_from_vpid(s32 vpid)
{
struct task_struct *p;
+ if (in_interrupt())
+ return NULL;
+
rcu_read_lock();
p = find_task_by_vpid(vpid);
if (p)
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-05 20:05 UTC|newest]
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2026-06-05 20:04 Sechang Lim [this message]
2026-06-05 20:32 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-06-06 3:13 ` Yonghong Song
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