This allows using memory retrieved from dynptrs with helper functions that accept ARG_PTR_TO_MEM. For instance, results from bpf_dynptr_data can be passed along to bpf_strncmp. Signed-off-by: Daniel Rosenberg <drosen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c index 56f569811f70..20beab52812a 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c @@ -7164,12 +7164,16 @@ static int check_reg_type(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 regno, * ARG_PTR_TO_MEM + MAYBE_NULL is compatible with PTR_TO_MEM and PTR_TO_MEM + MAYBE_NULL, * but ARG_PTR_TO_MEM is compatible only with PTR_TO_MEM but NOT with PTR_TO_MEM + MAYBE_NULL * + * ARG_PTR_TO_MEM is compatible with PTR_TO_MEM that is tagged with a dynptr type. + * * Therefore we fold these flags depending on the arg_type before comparison. */ if (arg_type & MEM_RDONLY) type &= ~MEM_RDONLY; if (arg_type & PTR_MAYBE_NULL) type &= ~PTR_MAYBE_NULL; + if (base_type(arg_type) == ARG_PTR_TO_MEM) + type &= ~DYNPTR_TYPE_FLAG_MASK; if (meta->func_id == BPF_FUNC_kptr_xchg && type & MEM_ALLOC) type &= ~MEM_ALLOC; -- 2.40.0.577.gac1e443424-goog
