From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>,
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Subject: [PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref when dumping a key-less BTF hash map
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:31:16 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828093142.179856-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev> (raw)
map_check_btf() allows a key-less BTF (btf_key_type_id == 0) only for maps
that have a ->map_check_btf callback, and leaves the actual decision to
that callback. Hash maps used to have no ->map_check_btf, so a key-less
BTF was rejected outright.
That changed once htab and rhtab got a ->map_check_btf to register a dtor:
the callback does not look at the key, so a key-less hash map now passes
map_check_btf() and gets created. Reading it back through bpffs then feeds
the key type_id 0 into btf_type_seq_show(); btf_type_by_id() returns the
void type, kind_ops[BTF_KIND_UNKN] is NULL, and btf_type_show()
dereferences it:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000028-0x000000000000002f]
RIP: 0010:btf_type_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:8251)
Call Trace:
<TASK>
btf_type_seq_show_flags (kernel/bpf/btf.c:8269)
btf_type_seq_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:8277)
htab_map_seq_show_elem (kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1669)
map_seq_show (kernel/bpf/inode.c:293)
seq_read_iter (fs/seq_file.c:273)
seq_read (fs/seq_file.c:163)
vfs_read (fs/read_write.c:572)
ksys_read (fs/read_write.c:716)
__x64_sys_read (fs/read_write.c:725)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
</TASK>
Only array maps have a use for a key-less BTF (DataSec global data). Reject
it in htab_map_check_btf() and rhtab_map_check_btf(), restoring the
previous behavior, and also let btf_type_show() bail out on a type with no
show op instead of dereferencing NULL, so any other path that reaches it
with a void type degrades gracefully.
Fixes: 1df97a7453ee ("bpf: Register dtor for freeing special fields")
Fixes: 6905f8601298 ("bpf: Allow special fields in resizable hashtab")
Reported-by: syzbot+37b56485bbbf90ad8489@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a8f4e88.27659fcc.2ceef7.0008.GAE@google.com/T/
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 4 ++++
kernel/bpf/hashtab.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 91b8ce77f699..3dbbbac4dd2e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -8248,6 +8248,10 @@ static void btf_type_show(const struct btf *btf, u32 type_id, void *obj,
memset(&show->state, 0, sizeof(show->state));
memset(&show->obj, 0, sizeof(show->obj));
+ /* A void type (e.g. type_id 0) has no show op, don't deref NULL. */
+ if (!t || !btf_type_ops(t))
+ return;
+
btf_type_ops(t)->show(btf, t, type_id, obj, 0, show);
}
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
index d40cb5dd446c..299859c58b41 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ static int htab_map_check_btf(struct bpf_map *map, const struct btf *btf,
{
struct bpf_htab *htab = container_of(map, struct bpf_htab, map);
+ /* Unlike array maps, hash maps have no use for a key-less BTF. */
+ if (btf_type_is_void(key_type))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (htab_is_prealloc(htab))
return 0;
/*
@@ -3110,6 +3114,10 @@ static int rhtab_map_check_btf(struct bpf_map *map, const struct btf *btf,
{
struct bpf_rhtab *rhtab = container_of(map, struct bpf_rhtab, map);
+ /* Unlike array maps, hash maps have no use for a key-less BTF. */
+ if (btf_type_is_void(key_type))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
return bpf_ma_set_dtor(map, &rhtab->ma, rhtab_mem_dtor);
}
--
2.43.0
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