When I try to run selftests to confirm that I fix the tailcall hierarchy issue[0], it hits a kernel NULL pointer dereference BUG. [309049.036402] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000004 [309049.036419] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [309049.036426] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [309049.036432] PGD 0 P4D 0 [309049.036437] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [309049.036444] CPU: 2 PID: 788148 Comm: test_progs Not tainted 6.8.0-31-generic #31-Ubuntu [309049.036465] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware20,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW201.00V.21805430.B64.2305221830 05/22/2023 [309049.036477] RIP: 0010:bpf_prog_map_compatible+0x2a/0x140 [309049.036488] Code: 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 49 89 fe 41 55 41 54 53 44 8b 6e 04 48 89 f3 41 83 fd 1c 75 0c 48 8b 46 38 48 8b 40 70 <44> 8b 68 04 f6 43 03 01 75 1c 48 8b 43 38 44 0f b6 a0 89 00 00 00 [309049.036505] RSP: 0018:ffffb2e080fd7ce0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [309049.036513] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffb2e0807c1000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [309049.036521] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffb2e0807c1000 RDI: ffff990290259e00 [309049.036528] RBP: ffffb2e080fd7d08 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [309049.036536] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff990290259e00 [309049.036543] R13: 000000000000001c R14: ffff990290259e00 R15: ffff99028e29c400 [309049.036551] FS: 00007b82cbc28140(0000) GS:ffff9903b3f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [309049.036559] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [309049.036566] CR2: 0000000000000004 CR3: 0000000101286002 CR4: 00000000003706f0 [309049.036573] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [309049.036581] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [309049.036588] Call Trace: [309049.036592] <TASK> [309049.036597] ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80 [309049.036604] ? __die+0x24/0x80 [309049.036619] ? page_fault_oops+0x99/0x1b0 [309049.036628] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2ee/0x6b0 [309049.036634] ? exc_page_fault+0x83/0x1b0 [309049.036641] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 [309049.036649] ? bpf_prog_map_compatible+0x2a/0x140 [309049.036656] prog_fd_array_get_ptr+0x2c/0x70 [309049.036664] bpf_fd_array_map_update_elem+0x37/0x130 [309049.036671] bpf_map_update_value+0x1d3/0x260 [309049.036677] map_update_elem+0x1fa/0x360 [309049.036683] __sys_bpf+0x54c/0xa10 [309049.036689] __x64_sys_bpf+0x1a/0x30 [309049.036694] x64_sys_call+0x1936/0x25c0 [309049.036700] do_syscall_64+0x7f/0x180 [309049.036706] ? do_syscall_64+0x8c/0x180 [309049.036712] ? do_syscall_64+0x8c/0x180 [309049.036717] ? irqentry_exit+0x43/0x50 [309049.036723] ? common_interrupt+0x54/0xb0 [309049.036729] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x73/0x7b It causes by these two commits: - commit 1c123c567fb1 ("bpf: Resolve fext program type when checking map compatibility") - commit 3aac1ead5eb6 ("bpf: Move prog->aux->linked_prog and trampoline into bpf_link on attach") After freplace attachment, 'prog->aux->dst_prog' is set as NULL. Then, when to update freplace prog to PROG_ARRAY map, 'resolve_prog_type()' resolves freplace prog type by 'prog->aux->dst_prog->type'. Finally, the BUG hits. This patchset resolves freplace prog type by 'prog->aux->saved_dst_prog_type' to avoid the BUG. However, it does not resolve this issue thoroughly, because the prog type of freplace prog is not stable as freplace prog can attach to different types of prog. So, I raise an RFC PATCH to discuss how to resolve it thoroughly. Links: [0] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/6203dd01-789d-f02c-5293-def4c1b18aef@xxxxxxxxx/ Leon Hwang (2): bpf: Fix updating attached freplace to PROG_ARRAY map selftests/bpf: Add testcase for updating attached freplace prog to PROG_ARRAY map include/linux/bpf_verifier.h | 2 +- .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tailcalls.c | 82 +++++++++++++++++++ .../selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_freplace.c | 34 ++++++++ .../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tc_bpf2bpf.c | 21 +++++ 4 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_freplace.c create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tc_bpf2bpf.c base-commit: c939103fc8ef1df0984b8665f157ff88e51373fe -- 2.44.0