From 6668ed271eaefaa63e686bdfbedaeb7b8e492722 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 10:43:19 +0200 Subject: selftests/bpf: Reject graph kptr use after RCU unlock Add a sleepable verifier test that loads a graph-node local kptr in an explicit RCU read-side critical section, then passes its node to bpf_rbtree_remove() after the section ends. Before the verifier fix, the stale NON_OWN_REF flag makes the node look like a live borrowed reference and the program is accepted. After the fix, the pointer is demoted without NON_OWN_REF and the graph kfunc argument is rejected. Also exercise a graph kptr loaded while a spin lock provides implicit RCU protection. The pointer must be invalidated when the lock is released, which guards the required ordering between non-owning-reference invalidation and RCU demotion. Update the existing fault-protected load test state description. The post-unlock pointer no longer carries NON_OWN_REF, but remains readable because the load is rewritten to use BPF_PROBE_MEM. Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260904084325.52250-7-memxor@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov --- Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst create mode 100644 Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst (limited to 'Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf') diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..473dfba78 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +eBPF Userspace API +================== + +eBPF is a kernel mechanism to provide a sandboxed runtime environment in the +Linux kernel for runtime extension and instrumentation without changing kernel +source code or loading kernel modules. eBPF programs can be attached to various +kernel subsystems, including networking, tracing and Linux security modules +(LSM). + +For internal kernel documentation on eBPF, see Documentation/bpf/index.rst. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + syscall diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ea9918084 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ebpf/syscall.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +eBPF Syscall +------------ + +:Authors: - Alexei Starovoitov + - Joe Stringer + - Michael Kerrisk + +The primary info for the bpf syscall is available in the `man-pages`_ +for `bpf(2)`_. + +bpf() subcommand reference +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/bpf.h + :doc: eBPF Syscall Preamble + +.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/bpf.h + :doc: eBPF Syscall Commands + +.. Links: +.. _man-pages: https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ +.. _bpf(2): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/bpf.2.html -- cgit v1.3.1