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libbpf: Fix buffer overflow in bpf_object__init_prog
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As shown in [1], it is possible to corrupt a BPF ELF file such that
arbitrary BPF instructions are loaded by libbpf. This can be done by
setting a symbol (BPF program) section offset to a large (unsigned)
number such that <section start + symbol offset> overflows and points
before the section data in the memory.

Consider the situation below where:
- prog_start = sec_start + symbol_offset    <-- size_t overflow here
- prog_end   = prog_start + prog_size

    prog_start        sec_start        prog_end        sec_end
        |                |                 |              |
        v                v                 v              v
    .....................|################################|............

The report in [1] also provides a corrupted BPF ELF which can be used as
a reproducer:

    $ readelf -S crash
    Section Headers:
      [Nr] Name              Type             Address           Offset
           Size              EntSize          Flags  Link  Info  Align
    ...
      [ 2] uretprobe.mu[...] PROGBITS         0000000000000000  00000040
           0000000000000068  0000000000000000  AX       0     0     8

    $ readelf -s crash
    Symbol table '.symtab' contains 8 entries:
       Num:    Value          Size Type    Bind   Vis      Ndx Name
    ...
         6: ffffffffffffffb8   104 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    2 handle_tp

Here, the handle_tp prog has section offset ffffffffffffffb8, i.e. will
point before the actual memory where section 2 is allocated.

This is also reported by AddressSanitizer:

    =================================================================
    ==1232==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x7c7302fe0000 at pc 0x7fc3046e4b77 bp 0x7ffe64677cd0 sp 0x7ffe64677490
    READ of size 104 at 0x7c7302fe0000 thread T0
        #0 0x7fc3046e4b76 in memcpy (/lib64/libasan.so.8+0xe4b76)
        #1 0x00000040df3e in bpf_object__init_prog /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:856
        #2 0x00000040df3e in bpf_object__add_programs /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:928
        #3 0x00000040df3e in bpf_object__elf_collect /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:3930
        #4 0x00000040df3e in bpf_object_open /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:8067
        #5 0x00000040f176 in bpf_object__open_file /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:8090
        #6 0x000000400c16 in main /poc/poc.c:8
        #7 0x7fc3043d25b4 in __libc_start_call_main (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x35b4)
        #8 0x7fc3043d2667 in __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 (/lib64/libc.so.6+0x3667)
        #9 0x000000400b34 in _start (/poc/poc+0x400b34)

    0x7c7302fe0000 is located 64 bytes before 104-byte region [0x7c7302fe0040,0x7c7302fe00a8)
    allocated by thread T0 here:
        #0 0x7fc3046e716b in malloc (/lib64/libasan.so.8+0xe716b)
        #1 0x7fc3045ee600 in __libelf_set_rawdata_wrlock (/lib64/libelf.so.1+0xb600)
        #2 0x7fc3045ef018 in __elf_getdata_rdlock (/lib64/libelf.so.1+0xc018)
        #3 0x00000040642f in elf_sec_data /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:3740

The problem here is that currently, libbpf only checks that the program
end is within the section bounds. There used to be a check
`while (sec_off < sec_sz)` in bpf_object__add_programs, however, it was
removed by commit 6245947 ("libbpf: Allow gaps in BPF program
sections to support overriden weak functions").

Add a check for detecting the overflow of `sec_off + prog_sz` to
bpf_object__init_prog to fix this issue.

[1] https://github.com/lmarch2/poc/blob/main/libbpf/libbpf.md

Fixes: 6245947 ("libbpf: Allow gaps in BPF program sections to support overriden weak functions")
Reported-by: lmarch2 <2524158037@qq.com>
Signed-off-by: Viktor Malik <vmalik@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@suse.com>
Link: https://github.com/lmarch2/poc/blob/main/libbpf/libbpf.md
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250415155014.397603-1-vmalik@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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Viktor Malik authored and Greg Kroah-Hartman committed Jun 19, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ bpf_object__add_programs(struct bpf_object *obj, Elf_Data *sec_data,
return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
}

if (sec_off + prog_sz > sec_sz) {
if (sec_off + prog_sz > sec_sz || sec_off + prog_sz < sec_off) {
pr_warn("sec '%s': program at offset %zu crosses section boundary\n",
sec_name, sec_off);
return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
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