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bpf: verifier: Make sync_linked_regs() scratch registers
authorPuranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:14:35 +0000 (06:14 -0800)
committerAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:24:41 +0000 (11:24 -0800)
commitef7d4e42d16f74b123c86c9195ba5136046cee57
tree369ea9b99abb92663dbf4c5e95d2699d71bc4bba
parentefad162f5a840ae178e7761c176c49f433c7bb68
bpf: verifier: Make sync_linked_regs() scratch registers

sync_linked_regs() is called after a conditional jump to propagate new
bounds of a register to all its liked registers. But the verifier log
only prints the state of the register that is part of the conditional
jump.

Make sync_linked_regs() scratch the registers whose bounds have been
updated by propagation from a known register.

Before:

0: (85) call bpf_get_prandom_u32#7    ; R0=scalar()
1: (57) r0 &= 255                     ; R0=scalar(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff))
2: (bf) r1 = r0                       ; R0=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) R1=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff))
3: (07) r1 += 4                       ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=4,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff))
4: (a5) if r1 < 0xa goto pc+2         ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=10,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff))
5: (35) if r0 >= 0x6 goto pc+1

After:

0: (85) call bpf_get_prandom_u32#7    ; R0=scalar()
1: (57) r0 &= 255                     ; R0=scalar(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff))
2: (bf) r1 = r0                       ; R0=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) R1=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff))
3: (07) r1 += 4                       ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=4,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff))
4: (a5) if r1 < 0xa goto pc+2         ; R0=scalar(id=1+0,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=6,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255) R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=10,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff))
5: (35) if r0 >= 0x6 goto pc+1

The conditional jump in 4 updates the bound of R1 and the new bounds are
propogated to R0 as it is linked with the same id, before this change,
verifier only printed the state for R1 but after it prints for both R0
and R1.

Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260116141436.3715322-1-puranjay@kernel.org
kernel/bpf/verifier.c