[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/3] bpf: Fix UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_attach/detach on update failure

"Hui Zhu" <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 12:04:05 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-trace-kernel,org.kernel.vger.bpf,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Hui Zhu <[email protected]>

This series fixes several use-after-free issues in the BPF trampoline
multi-attach/detach error paths, where ftrace direct-call updates can
fail and leave ftrace pointing at freed memory.

Patch 1 addresses two UAF scenarios in bpf_trampoline_multi_detach():
the single-point unlink failure path (old_image == cur_image) and the
batch ftrace update failure path. A new pinned_prog field in struct
bpf_tramp_image keeps the bpf_prog alive while ftrace may still
reference its image. bpf_trampoline_multi_detach() is made to return
void, since callers cannot usefully react to failures, and
bpf_trampoline_put() is taught to leak the trampoline when cur_image
was left behind by a rollback, so ftrace keeps a valid target.

Patch 2 fixes a similar UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_attach() rollback:
when the register-path undo fails, ftrace still calls into cur_image,
so the prog is pinned on cur_image instead of being rolled back.

Patch 3 fixes the common __bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog() path, covering
both multi (bpf_trampoline_multi_detach) and non-multi
(bpf_tracing_link_release, bpf_shim_tramp_link_release) callers.

Hui Zhu (3):
  bpf: Fix UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_detach on update failure
  bpf: Fix prog UAF in bpf_trampoline_multi_attach() register-path
    rollback
  bpf: Fix prog UAF in __bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog() on update failure

 include/linux/bpf.h      |  20 +++--
 kernel/bpf/trampoline.c  | 183 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c |   2 +-
 3 files changed, 183 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

Changelog:
v2:
Folded v1's two detach patches into patch 1.
According to the comments of Jiri Olsa, Pin the prog (pinned_prog) on
cur_image so it stays alive while ftrace may still call into it.
Make bpf_trampoline_multi_detach() return void.
Fix the same UAF in standard (non-multi) trampolines.
According to the comments of sashiko, Fix the prog UAF in
bpf_trampoline_multi_attach() rollback.
Leak the trampoline in bpf_trampoline_put() when cur_image is left
by a rollback.

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