bpf: Verifier track null pointer branch_taken with JNE and JEQ
Currently, when considering the branches that may be taken for a jump instruction if the register being compared is a pointer the verifier assumes both branches may be taken. But, if the jump instruction is comparing if a pointer is NULL we have this information in the verifier encoded in the reg->type so we can do better in these cases. Specifically, these two common cases can be handled. * If the instruction is BPF_JEQ and we are comparing against a zero value. This test is 'if ptr == 0 goto +X' then using the type information in reg->type we can decide if the ptr is not null. This allows us to avoid pushing both branches onto the stack and instead only use the != 0 case. For example PTR_TO_SOCK and PTR_TO_SOCK_OR_NULL encode the null pointer. Note if the type is PTR_TO_SOCK_OR_NULL we can not learn anything. And also if the value is non-zero we learn nothing because it could be any arbitrary value a different pointer for example * If the instruction is BPF_JNE and ware comparing against a zero value then a similar analysis as above can be done. The test in asm looks like 'if ptr != 0 goto +X'. Again using the type information if the non null type is set (from above PTR_TO_SOCK) we know the jump is taken. In this patch we extend is_branch_taken() to consider this extra information and to return only the branch that will be taken. This resolves a verifier issue reported with C code like the following. See progs/test_sk_lookup_kern.c in selftests. sk = bpf_sk_lookup_tcp(skb, tuple, tuple_len, BPF_F_CURRENT_NETNS, 0); bpf_printk("sk=%d\n", sk ? 1 : 0); if (sk) bpf_sk_release(sk); return sk ? TC_ACT_OK : TC_ACT_UNSPEC; In the above the bpf_printk() will resolve the pointer from PTR_TO_SOCK_OR_NULL to PTR_TO_SOCK. Then the second test guarding the release will cause the verifier to walk both paths resulting in the an unreleased sock reference. See verifier/ref_tracking.c in selftests for an assembly version of the above. After the above additional logic is added the C code above passes as expected. Reported-by: Andrey Ignatov <rdna@fb.com> Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/159009164651.6313.380418298578070501.stgit@john-Precision-5820-Tower
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