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From: Hao Sun <sunhao.th@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
	eddyz87@gmail.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com,
	martin.lau@linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	sunhao.th@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Fix uninit read for helper mem args on partially spilled slots
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:28:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260925082814.1554771-1-sunhao.th@gmail.com> (raw)

check_stack_range_initialized() takes the spilled register path when
bpf_is_spilled_reg(ss) holds, which, however, only looks at the last
byte of the slot. Hence, a partially spilled scalar (on the lower part)
bypasses the check and the following loads:

0: (b7) r1 = 1                        ; R1=1
1: (63) *(u32 *)(r10 -8) = r1         ; R1=1 R10=fp0 fp-8=????1
2: (18) r1 = 0x0                      ; R1=map_ptr(map=rb,ks=0,vs=0)
4: (bf) r2 = r10                      ; R2=fp0 R10=fp0
5: (07) r2 += -8                      ; R2=fp-8
6: (b7) r3 = 8                        ; R3=8
7: (b7) r4 = 0                        ; R4=0
8: (85) call bpf_ringbuf_output#130
...

When executed, it dumps the uninit four bytes:
	RINGBUF: 01 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff

This is the same root cause as the non-fetch atomic case fixed in
commit 5a84b4424db8 ("bpf: Fix uninit read for non-fetch atomics on
partially spilled slots").

Fix by only taking the spilled register path for the bytes marked
STACK_SPILL, so the rest of the slot goes through the usual checks.

Fixes: 354e8f1970f8 ("bpf: Support <8-byte scalar spill and refill")
Suggested-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hao Sun <sunhao.th@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index c495dc9070de..5c8626215ee6 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -7484,7 +7484,12 @@ static int check_stack_range_initialized(
 			goto mark;
 		}
 
-		if (bpf_is_spilled_reg(ss) &&
+		/*
+		 * Only the bytes marked STACK_SPILL hold the spilled register.
+		 * The rest of a narrowly spilled slot keeps its previous type
+		 * and must be initialized on its own.
+		 */
+		if (*stype == STACK_SPILL &&
 		    (ss->spilled_ptr.type == SCALAR_VALUE ||
 		     env->allow_ptr_leaks)) {
 			if (clobber) {
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-25  8:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-25  8:28 Hao Sun [this message]
2026-09-25  8:28 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: Test helper read of a narrow stack spill Hao Sun
2026-09-25 10:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Fix uninit read for helper mem args on partially spilled slots patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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