The commit f7866c3587337731 ("bpf: Fix null pointer dereference in resolve_prog_type() for BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT") fixed a NULL pointer dereference panic, but didn't fix the issue that fails to update attached freplace prog to prog_array map. Since commit 1c123c567fb138eb ("bpf: Resolve fext program type when checking map compatibility"), freplace prog and its target prog are able to tail call each other. And the commit 3aac1ead5eb6b76f ("bpf: Move prog->aux->linked_prog and trampoline into bpf_link on attach") sets prog->aux->dst_prog as NULL after attaching freplace prog to its target prog. Then, as for following example: tailcall_freplace.c: // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 \#include <linux/bpf.h> \#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h> struct { __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY); __uint(max_entries, 1); __uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32)); __uint(value_size, sizeof(__u32)); } jmp_table SEC(".maps"); int count = 0; SEC("freplace") int entry_freplace(struct __sk_buff *skb) { count++; bpf_tail_call_static(skb, &jmp_table, 0); return count; } char __license[] SEC("license") = "GPL"; tc_bpf2bpf.c: // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 \#include <linux/bpf.h> \#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h> __noinline int subprog(struct __sk_buff *skb) { volatile int ret = 1; asm volatile (""::"r+"(ret)); return ret; } SEC("tc") int entry_tc(struct __sk_buff *skb) { return subprog(skb); } char __license[] SEC("license") = "GPL"; And entry_freplace's target is the entry_tc's subprog. After loading entry_freplace, the jmp_table's owner type is BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS. Next, after attaching entry_freplace to entry_tc's subprog, its prog->aux-> dst_prog is NULL. Next, while updating entry_freplace to jmp_table, bpf_prog_map_compatible() returns false because resolve_prog_type() returns BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT instead of BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS. With this patch, resolve_prog_type() returns BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS to support updating the attached entry_freplace to jmp_table. Fixes: f7866c358733 ("bpf: Fix null pointer dereference in resolve_prog_type() for BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT") Cc: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/bpf_verifier.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h index 5cea15c81b8a8..bfd093ac333f2 100644 --- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h +++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h @@ -874,8 +874,8 @@ static inline u32 type_flag(u32 type) /* only use after check_attach_btf_id() */ static inline enum bpf_prog_type resolve_prog_type(const struct bpf_prog *prog) { - return (prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT && prog->aux->dst_prog) ? - prog->aux->dst_prog->type : prog->type; + return (prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT && prog->aux->saved_dst_prog_type) ? + prog->aux->saved_dst_prog_type : prog->type; } static inline bool bpf_prog_check_recur(const struct bpf_prog *prog) -- 2.44.0