From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx> commit dd066823db2ac4e22f721ec85190817b58059a54 upstream. Subtraction of pointers was accidentally allowed for unpriv programs by commit 82abbf8d2fc4. Revert that part of commit. Fixes: 82abbf8d2fc4 ("bpf: do not allow root to mangle valid pointers") Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [fllinden@xxxxxxxxxx: backport to 4.14] Signed-off-by: Frank van der Linden <fllinden@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c @@ -2754,7 +2754,7 @@ static int adjust_reg_min_max_vals(struc * an arbitrary scalar. Disallow all math except * pointer subtraction */ - if (opcode == BPF_SUB){ + if (opcode == BPF_SUB && env->allow_ptr_leaks) { mark_reg_unknown(regs, insn->dst_reg); return 0; }