When loading BPF programs, bpf_sk_storage_tracing_allowed() does a series of lookups to get a type name from the program's attach_btf_id, making the assumption that the type is present in the vmlinux BTF along the way. However, this results in btf_type_by_id() returning a null pointer if a non-vmlinux kernel BTF is attached to. Proof-of-concept on a kernel with CONFIG_IPV6=m: $ cat bpfcrash.c #include <unistd.h> #include <linux/bpf.h> #include <sys/syscall.h> static int bpf(enum bpf_cmd cmd, union bpf_attr *attr) { return syscall(__NR_bpf, cmd, attr, sizeof(*attr)); } int main(void) { const int btf_fd = bpf(BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID, &(union bpf_attr) { .btf_id = BTF_ID, }); if (btf_fd < 0) return 1; const int bpf_sk_storage_get = 107; const struct bpf_insn insns[] = { { .code = BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL, .imm = bpf_sk_storage_get}, { .code = BPF_JMP | BPF_EXIT }, }; return bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, &(union bpf_attr) { .prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING, .expected_attach_type = BPF_TRACE_FENTRY, .license = (unsigned long)"GPL", .insns = (unsigned long)&insns, .insn_cnt = sizeof(insns) / sizeof(insns[0]), .attach_btf_obj_fd = btf_fd, .attach_btf_id = TYPE_ID, }); } $ sudo bpftool btf list | grep ipv6 2: name [ipv6] size 928200B $ sudo bpftool btf dump id 2 | awk '$3 ~ /inet6_sock_destruct/' [130689] FUNC 'inet6_sock_destruct' type_id=130677 linkage=static $ gcc -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -DBTF_ID=2 -DTYPE_ID=130689 \ bpfcrash.c -o bpfcrash $ sudo ./bpfcrash This causes a null pointer dereference: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 Call trace: bpf_sk_storage_tracing_allowed+0x8c/0xb0 P check_helper_call.isra.0+0xa8/0x1730 do_check+0xa18/0xb40 do_check_common+0x140/0x640 bpf_check+0xb74/0xcb8 bpf_prog_load+0x598/0x9a8 __sys_bpf+0x580/0x980 __arm64_sys_bpf+0x28/0x40 invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x54/0xe8 do_el0_svc+0xb4/0xd0 el0_svc+0x44/0x1f8 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x160 el0t_64_sync+0x184/0x188 Resolve this by using prog->aux->attach_func_name and removing the lookups. Fixes: 8e4597c627fb ("bpf: Allow using bpf_sk_storage in FENTRY/FEXIT/RAW_TP") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250116162356.1054047-1-jkangas@xxxxxxxxxx Suggested-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jared Kangas <jkangas@xxxxxxxxxx> --- V1 -> V2: Used Martin KaFai Lau's suggestion (see lore.kernel.org link), edited patch summary + description accordingly. net/core/bpf_sk_storage.c | 13 +------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/bpf_sk_storage.c b/net/core/bpf_sk_storage.c index 2f4ed83a75ae..72a0dc8b1646 100644 --- a/net/core/bpf_sk_storage.c +++ b/net/core/bpf_sk_storage.c @@ -352,11 +352,6 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_sk_storage_delete_proto = { static bool bpf_sk_storage_tracing_allowed(const struct bpf_prog *prog) { - const struct btf *btf_vmlinux; - const struct btf_type *t; - const char *tname; - u32 btf_id; - if (prog->aux->dst_prog) return false; @@ -371,13 +366,7 @@ static bool bpf_sk_storage_tracing_allowed(const struct bpf_prog *prog) return true; case BPF_TRACE_FENTRY: case BPF_TRACE_FEXIT: - btf_vmlinux = bpf_get_btf_vmlinux(); - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(btf_vmlinux)) - return false; - btf_id = prog->aux->attach_btf_id; - t = btf_type_by_id(btf_vmlinux, btf_id); - tname = btf_name_by_offset(btf_vmlinux, t->name_off); - return !!strncmp(tname, "bpf_sk_storage", + return !!strncmp(prog->aux->attach_func_name, "bpf_sk_storage", strlen("bpf_sk_storage")); default: return false; -- 2.47.1