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bpf: dont report verifier bug for missing bpf_scc_visit on speculative path
Syzbot generated a program that triggers a verifier_bug() call in maybe_exit_scc(). maybe_exit_scc() assumes that, when called for a state with insn_idx in some SCC, there should be an instance of struct bpf_scc_visit allocated for that SCC. Turns out the assumption does not hold for speculative execution paths. See example in the next patch. maybe_scc_exit() is called from update_branch_counts() for states that reach branch count of zero, meaning that path exploration for a particular path is finished. Path exploration can finish in one of three ways: a. Verification error is found. In this case, update_branch_counts() is called only for non-speculative paths. b. Top level BPF_EXIT is reached. Such instructions are never a part of an SCC, so compute_scc_callchain() in maybe_scc_exit() will return false, and maybe_scc_exit() will return early. c. A checkpoint is reached and matched. Checkpoints are created by is_state_visited(), which calls maybe_enter_scc(), which allocates bpf_scc_visit instances for checkpoints within SCCs. Hence, for non-speculative symbolic execution paths, the assumption still holds: if maybe_scc_exit() is called for a state within an SCC, bpf_scc_visit instance must exist. This patch removes the verifier_bug() call for speculative paths. Fixes: c9e3190 ("bpf: propagate read/precision marks over state graph backedges") Reported-by: syzbot+3afc814e8df1af64b653@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/68c85acd.050a0220.2ff435.03a4.GAE@google.com/ Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916212251.3490455-1-eddyz87@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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kernel/bpf/verifier.c

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@@ -1950,9 +1950,24 @@ static int maybe_exit_scc(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_verifier_stat
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return 0;
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visit = scc_visit_lookup(env, callchain);
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if (!visit) {
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verifier_bug(env, "scc exit: no visit info for call chain %s",
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format_callchain(env, callchain));
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return -EFAULT;
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/*
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* If path traversal stops inside an SCC, corresponding bpf_scc_visit
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* must exist for non-speculative paths. For non-speculative paths
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* traversal stops when:
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* a. Verification error is found, maybe_exit_scc() is not called.
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* b. Top level BPF_EXIT is reached. Top level BPF_EXIT is not a member
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* of any SCC.
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* c. A checkpoint is reached and matched. Checkpoints are created by
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* is_state_visited(), which calls maybe_enter_scc(), which allocates
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* bpf_scc_visit instances for checkpoints within SCCs.
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* (c) is the only case that can reach this point.
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*/
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if (!st->speculative) {
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verifier_bug(env, "scc exit: no visit info for call chain %s",
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format_callchain(env, callchain));
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return -EFAULT;
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}
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return 0;
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}
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if (visit->entry_state != st)
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return 0;

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