bpf: Reject passing scalar NULL to nonnull arg of a global subprog

A global subprogram argument tagged __arg_nonnull is set up as a
non-nullable PTR_TO_MEM. However the verifier does not check against a
scalar NULL, leading to real NULL pointer dereference. Reject it as
well.

Fixes: 94e1c70a34 ("bpf: support 'arg:xxx' btf_decl_tag-based hints for global subprog args")
Signed-off-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260723221815.367797-1-ameryhung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
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Amery Hung 2026-07-23 15:18:14 -07:00 committed by Eduard Zingerman
parent 94515f3a7d
commit 289e680c89

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@ -9189,7 +9189,8 @@ static int btf_check_func_arg_match(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
return ret;
if (check_mem_reg(env, reg, argno, arg->mem_size))
return -EINVAL;
if (!(arg->arg_type & PTR_MAYBE_NULL) && (reg->type & PTR_MAYBE_NULL)) {
if (!(arg->arg_type & PTR_MAYBE_NULL) &&
(type_may_be_null(reg->type) || bpf_register_is_null(reg))) {
bpf_log(log, "%s is expected to be non-NULL\n",
reg_arg_name(env, argno));
return -EINVAL;