[PATCH bpf-next v3 04/18] bpf: Pass kfunc meta to mem and mem_size check

Amery Hung <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 00:46:19 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.bpf
Message-ID <[email protected]>
kfunc now shares the same bpf_call_arg_meta with helpers. Pass kfunc's
own meta to check_mem_reg() and check_kfunc_mem_size() instead of NULL
or a temporary meta on the stack.

Reviewed-by: Eduard Zingerman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <[email protected]>
---
 kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 15422e8d7e23..d10b2dc2d628 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -6924,7 +6924,7 @@ static int check_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 }
 
 static int check_mem_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
-			 argno_t argno, u32 mem_size)
+			 argno_t argno, u32 mem_size, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
 {
 	bool may_be_null = type_may_be_null(reg->type);
 	struct bpf_reg_state saved_reg;
@@ -6950,8 +6950,8 @@ static int check_mem_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *reg
 
 	int size = base_type(reg->type) == PTR_TO_STACK ? -(int)mem_size : mem_size;
 
-	err = check_helper_mem_access(env, reg, argno, size, BPF_READ, true, NULL);
-	err = err ?: check_helper_mem_access(env, reg, argno, size, BPF_WRITE, true, NULL);
+	err = check_helper_mem_access(env, reg, argno, size, BPF_READ, true, meta);
+	err = err ?: check_helper_mem_access(env, reg, argno, size, BPF_WRITE, true, meta);
 
 	if (may_be_null)
 		*reg = saved_reg;
@@ -6994,22 +6994,20 @@ static int process_const_alloc_mem_size(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf
 }
 
 static int check_kfunc_mem_size_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *mem_reg,
-				    struct bpf_reg_state *size_reg, argno_t mem_argno, argno_t size_argno)
+				    struct bpf_reg_state *size_reg, argno_t mem_argno,
+				    argno_t size_argno, struct bpf_call_arg_meta *meta)
 {
 	bool may_be_null = type_may_be_null(mem_reg->type);
 	struct bpf_reg_state saved_reg;
-	struct bpf_call_arg_meta meta;
 	int err;
 
-	memset(&meta, 0, sizeof(meta));
-
 	if (may_be_null) {
 		saved_reg = *mem_reg;
 		mark_ptr_not_null_reg(mem_reg);
 	}
 
-	err = check_mem_size_reg(env, mem_reg, size_reg, mem_argno, size_argno, BPF_READ, true, &meta);
-	err = err ?: check_mem_size_reg(env, mem_reg, size_reg, mem_argno, size_argno, BPF_WRITE, true, &meta);
+	err = check_mem_size_reg(env, mem_reg, size_reg, mem_argno, size_argno, BPF_READ, true, meta);
+	err = err ?: check_mem_size_reg(env, mem_reg, size_reg, mem_argno, size_argno, BPF_WRITE, true, meta);
 
 	if (may_be_null)
 		*mem_reg = saved_reg;
@@ -9258,7 +9256,7 @@ static int btf_check_func_arg_match(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
 			ret = check_func_arg_reg_off(env, reg, argno, ARG_DONTCARE);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
-			if (check_mem_reg(env, reg, argno, arg->mem_size))
+			if (check_mem_reg(env, reg, argno, arg->mem_size, NULL))
 				return -EINVAL;
 			if (!(arg->arg_type & PTR_MAYBE_NULL) &&
 			    (type_may_be_null(reg->type) || bpf_register_is_null(reg))) {
@@ -12405,7 +12403,7 @@ static int check_kfunc_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_me
 					ref_tname, PTR_ERR(resolve_ret));
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
-			ret = check_mem_reg(env, reg, argno, type_size);
+			ret = check_mem_reg(env, reg, argno, type_size, meta);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 			break;
@@ -12419,7 +12417,7 @@ static int check_kfunc_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_call_arg_me
 
 			if (!bpf_register_is_null(buff_reg) || !is_kfunc_arg_nullable(meta->btf, buff_arg)) {
 				ret = check_kfunc_mem_size_reg(env, buff_reg, size_reg,
-							       argno, next_argno);
+							       argno, next_argno, meta);
 				if (ret < 0) {
 					verbose(env, "%s and ", reg_arg_name(env, argno));
 					verbose(env, "%s memory, len pair leads to invalid memory access\n",
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