Re: [PATCH] io_uring/bpf-ops: reject re-registration of an already-bound ops
Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:05:53 -0400
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.io-uring |
|---|---|
| Organization | SUSE |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Woraphat Khiaodaeng <[email protected]> writes: > io_install_bpf() only rejects a second registration on the ctx side > (ctx->bpf_ops) and sets the per-map back-pointer ops->priv > unconditionally. The struct_ops link path never advances a map past > BPF_STRUCT_OPS_STATE_READY, so the same io_uring_bpf_ops map can be > registered more than once, and bpf_io_reg() re-resolves the target ring > via fget(ops->ring_fd) on every call. A caller can therefore point the > same ring_fd at a different io_ring_ctx between two BPF_LINK_CREATE > calls. > > The second registration passes the ctx->bpf_ops check (the new ctx has > none) and overwrites ops->priv, orphaning the first ctx. Teardown > (io_eject_bpf()/bpf_io_unreg()) only reaches a ctx through ops->priv, so > the orphaned ctx is never torn down: its ctx->loop_step keeps pointing > into the struct_ops trampoline, which is freed once the map is gone. A > later io_uring_enter() on the orphaned ring then calls the dangling > ctx->loop_step from io_run_loop() -- a use-after-free of freed > executable memory, reachable by a task with CAP_BPF + CAP_PERFMON. > > Reject registration when ops->priv is already set, as hid_bpf_reg() > does for its struct_ops. > > Fixes: 98f37634b12b ("io_uring/bpf-ops: implement bpf ops registration") > Signed-off-by: Woraphat Khiaodaeng <[email protected]> Feel free to add, Reviewed-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <[email protected]> can you send a testcase to add to liburing? > --- > io_uring/bpf-ops.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/io_uring/bpf-ops.c b/io_uring/bpf-ops.c > index 5a50f0675..cf2bd068e 100644 > --- a/io_uring/bpf-ops.c > +++ b/io_uring/bpf-ops.c > @@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ static int io_install_bpf(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct io_uring_bpf_ops *ops) > > if (ctx->bpf_ops) > return -EBUSY; > + if (ops->priv) > + return -EBUSY; > if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ops->loop_step)) > return -EINVAL; > > -- > 2.43.0 > -- Gabriel Krisman Bertazi