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Re: [PATCH bpf 2/2] bpf: Require ARG_PTR_TO_MEM with memory flag

From: bot+bpf-ci@kernel.org
Date: 2026-01-07 12:44:16
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diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index f0ca69f888fa..c7ebddb66385 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -10349,10 +10349,27 @@ static bool check_btf_id_ok(const struct bpf_func_proto *fn)
 	return true;
 }

+static bool check_mem_arg_rw_flag_ok(const struct bpf_func_proto *fn)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(fn->arg_type); i++) {
+		enum bpf_arg_type arg_type = fn->arg_type[i];
+
+		if (base_type(arg_type) != ARG_PTR_TO_MEM)
+			continue;
+		if (!(arg_type & (MEM_WRITE | MEM_RDONLY)))
+			return false;
Does this check also apply to ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM? Looking at the
definition in include/linux/bpf.h:

    ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM = MEM_FIXED_SIZE | ARG_PTR_TO_MEM,

Since base_type() masks off the flags, base_type(ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM)
returns ARG_PTR_TO_MEM. But ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM does not include
MEM_WRITE or MEM_RDONLY in its definition.

Several helpers in net/core/filter.c use ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM without
additional flags:

    bpf_tcp_raw_gen_syncookie_ipv4_proto:
        .arg1_type = ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM,

    bpf_tcp_raw_gen_syncookie_ipv6_proto:
        .arg1_type = ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM,

    bpf_tcp_raw_check_syncookie_ipv4_proto:
        .arg1_type = ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM,
        .arg2_type = ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM,

    bpf_tcp_raw_check_syncookie_ipv6_proto:
        .arg1_type = ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM,
        .arg2_type = ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM,

Would these helpers fail check_func_proto() after this change, causing
BPF programs using them to fail verification? Should these prototypes
be updated to include MEM_RDONLY (since they read from the memory), or
should the check skip ARG_PTR_TO_FIXED_SIZE_MEM?
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
[ ... ]


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