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From: Anastasios Papagiannis <tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, david@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	andrii@kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, brauner@kernel.org,
	daniel@iogearbox.net, eddyz87@gmail.com, kpsingh@kernel.org,
	ljs@kernel.org, matt@bobrowski.net, memxor@gmail.com,
	song@kernel.org, sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com,
	utilityemal77@gmail.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
	tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v7 4/5] bpf: Mark linux_binprm->mm as trusted-or-null
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:02:54 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260915080255.48929-5-tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915080255.48929-1-tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>

Mark linux_binprm->mm as a trusted-or-null nested pointer so BPF programs
can pass it to kfuncs after a NULL check.

The field is either NULL or points to a live mm_struct whenever BPF can
access a linux_binprm. On successful exec, exec_mmap() installs the new
address space before begin_new_exec() clears bprm->mm. The bprm_mm_init()
error path clears the field before mmdrop(), and free_bprm() clears it
before mmput(), as ensured by an earlier patch in this series.

Update the existing LSM selftest to check bprm->mm for NULL before
dereferencing it, as required for trusted-or-null pointers.

Signed-off-by: Anastasios Papagiannis <tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Sun Jian <sun.jian.kdev@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Matt Bobrowski <matt@bobrowski.net>
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c                   | 5 +++++
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm.c | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 6c6b8d8520cd..3539a768b921 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -5997,6 +5997,10 @@ BTF_TYPE_SAFE_TRUSTED_OR_NULL(struct dentry) {
 	struct inode *d_inode;
 };
 
+BTF_TYPE_SAFE_TRUSTED_OR_NULL(struct linux_binprm) {
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+};
+
 BTF_TYPE_SAFE_TRUSTED_OR_NULL(struct socket) {
 	struct sock *sk;
 };
@@ -6051,6 +6055,7 @@ static bool type_is_trusted_or_null(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 {
 	BTF_TYPE_EMIT(BTF_TYPE_SAFE_TRUSTED_OR_NULL(struct socket));
 	BTF_TYPE_EMIT(BTF_TYPE_SAFE_TRUSTED_OR_NULL(struct dentry));
+	BTF_TYPE_EMIT(BTF_TYPE_SAFE_TRUSTED_OR_NULL(struct linux_binprm));
 	BTF_TYPE_EMIT(BTF_TYPE_SAFE_TRUSTED_OR_NULL(struct vm_area_struct));
 
 	return btf_nested_type_is_trusted(&env->log, reg, field_name, btf_id,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm.c
index 7de173daf27b..7441d66c080c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/lsm.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ int BPF_PROG(test_void_hook, struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
 	__u32 pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid() >> 32;
 	struct inner_map *inner_map;
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
 	char args[64];
 	__u32 key = 0;
 	__u64 *value;
@@ -121,7 +122,9 @@ int BPF_PROG(test_void_hook, struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		bprm_count++;
 
 	bpf_copy_from_user(args, sizeof(args), (void *)bprm->vma->vm_mm->arg_start);
-	bpf_copy_from_user(args, sizeof(args), (void *)bprm->mm->arg_start);
+	mm = bprm->mm;
+	if (mm)
+		bpf_copy_from_user(args, sizeof(args), (void *)mm->arg_start);
 
 	value = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&array, &key);
 	if (value)
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-15  8:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-15  8:02 [PATCH bpf-next v7 0/5] bpf: Add user memory access kfuncs for mm_struct Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-09-15  8:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 1/5] mm: Add copy_remote_mm_str() Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-09-15  9:01   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-17 22:08   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-09-18  9:13     ` Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-09-18 12:04       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-15  8:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 2/5] exec: Clear bprm->mm before dropping its reference Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-09-17 22:09   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-09-15  8:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 3/5] bpf: Add user memory access kfuncs for mm_struct Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-09-18  1:04   ` Matt Bobrowski
2026-09-15  8:02 ` Anastasios Papagiannis [this message]
2026-09-15  8:02 ` [PATCH bpf-next v7 5/5] selftests/bpf: Test mm_struct user memory kfuncs with linux_binprm Anastasios Papagiannis
2026-09-15  9:01   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-17 22:14   ` Andrii Nakryiko

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