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[PATCH bpf v3] bpf: fix constant blinding bypass for PROBE_MEM32 stores

From: Sachin Kumar <hidden>
Date: 2026-03-09 17:50:43
Also in: bpf
Subsystem: bpf [core], bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), the rest · Maintainers: Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann, Andrii Nakryiko, Eduard Zingerman, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, Linus Torvalds

BPF_ST | BPF_PROBE_MEM32 immediate stores are not handled by
bpf_jit_blind_insn(), allowing user-controlled 32-bit immediates to
survive unblinded into JIT-compiled native code when bpf_jit_harden >= 1.

The root cause is that convert_ctx_accesses() rewrites BPF_ST|BPF_MEM
to BPF_ST|BPF_PROBE_MEM32 for arena pointer stores during verification,
before bpf_jit_blind_constants() runs during JIT compilation. The
blinding switch only matches BPF_ST|BPF_MEM (mode 0x60), not
BPF_ST|BPF_PROBE_MEM32 (mode 0xa0). The instruction falls through
unblinded.

Add BPF_ST|BPF_PROBE_MEM32 cases to bpf_jit_blind_insn() alongside the
existing BPF_ST|BPF_MEM cases. The blinding transformation is identical:
load the blinded immediate into BPF_REG_AX via mov+xor, then convert
the immediate store to a register store (BPF_STX).

The rewritten STX instruction must preserve the BPF_PROBE_MEM32 mode so
the architecture JIT emits the correct arena addressing (R12-based on
x86-64). Cannot use the BPF_STX_MEM() macro here because it hardcodes
BPF_MEM mode; construct the instruction directly instead.

Fixes: 6082b6c328b5 ("bpf: Recognize addr_space_cast instruction in the verifier.")
Reviewed-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Signed-off-by: Sachin Kumar <redacted>
---
v3: Use legal name in Signed-off-by per DCO requirement.
    Fix block comment style (trailing */ on separate line).
    Added Reviewed-by tags. CC all maintainers.
v2: Rebased onto current bpf tree (commit 56145d237385).
    v1 had a malformed diff header that caused CI to reject it.
---
 kernel/bpf/core.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index 3ece2da55..bb2fa75de 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -1422,6 +1422,25 @@ static int bpf_jit_blind_insn(const struct bpf_insn *from,
 		*to++ = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_XOR, BPF_REG_AX, imm_rnd);
 		*to++ = BPF_STX_MEM(from->code, from->dst_reg, BPF_REG_AX, from->off);
 		break;
+
+	case BPF_ST | BPF_PROBE_MEM32 | BPF_DW:
+	case BPF_ST | BPF_PROBE_MEM32 | BPF_W:
+	case BPF_ST | BPF_PROBE_MEM32 | BPF_H:
+	case BPF_ST | BPF_PROBE_MEM32 | BPF_B:
+		*to++ = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_MOV, BPF_REG_AX,
+				      imm_rnd ^ from->imm);
+		*to++ = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_XOR, BPF_REG_AX, imm_rnd);
+		/*
+		 * Cannot use BPF_STX_MEM() macro here as it
+		 * hardcodes BPF_MEM mode, losing PROBE_MEM32
+		 * and breaking arena addressing in the JIT.
+		 */
+		*to++ = (struct bpf_insn) {
+			.code  = BPF_STX | BPF_PROBE_MEM32 |
+				 BPF_SIZE(from->code),
+			.dst_reg = from->dst_reg,
+			.src_reg = BPF_REG_AX,
+			.off   = from->off,
+		};
+		break;
 	}
 out:
 	return to - to_buff;
--
2.53.0

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