From b9452b594fd3aecbfd4aa0a6a1f741330a37dab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Moses
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 23:43:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bpf: Validate BTF repeated field counts before expansion
btf_parse_struct_metas() walks user-supplied BTF during BPF_BTF_LOAD,
and btf_repeat_fields() expands repeatable fields from array elements
into the fixed BTF_FIELDS_MAX scratch array used by btf_parse_fields().
The remaining-capacity check performs the expanded field count calculation
in u32. A malformed BTF can wrap that calculation, causing the check to
pass even when the expanded field count exceeds the scratch array
capacity. The following memcpy() can then write past the end of the
array.
Use checked addition and multiplication before copying repeated fields
and reject impossible counts.
Fixes: 797d73ee232d ("bpf: Check the remaining info_cnt before repeating btf fields")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Moses
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260605234301.1109063-1-p@1g4.org
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index ef4402274786..15ae7c43f594 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -3667,7 +3667,7 @@ static int btf_get_field_type(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *var_
static int btf_repeat_fields(struct btf_field_info *info, int info_cnt,
u32 field_cnt, u32 repeat_cnt, u32 elem_size)
{
- u32 i, j;
+ u32 i, j, total_cnt, total_repeats;
u32 cur;
/* Ensure not repeating fields that should not be repeated. */
@@ -3685,10 +3685,9 @@ static int btf_repeat_fields(struct btf_field_info *info, int info_cnt,
}
}
- /* The type of struct size or variable size is u32,
- * so the multiplication will not overflow.
- */
- if (field_cnt * (repeat_cnt + 1) > info_cnt)
+ if (check_add_overflow(repeat_cnt, 1, &total_repeats) ||
+ check_mul_overflow(field_cnt, total_repeats, &total_cnt) ||
+ total_cnt > (u32)info_cnt)
return -E2BIG;
cur = field_cnt;