bpf: Explicitly zero-extend R0 after 32-bit cmpxchg

As pointed out by Ilya and explained in the new comment, there's a
discrepancy between x86 and BPF CMPXCHG semantics: BPF always loads
the value from memory into r0, while x86 only does so when r0 and the
value in memory are different. The same issue affects s390.

At first this might sound like pure semantics, but it makes a real
difference when the comparison is 32-bit, since the load will
zero-extend r0/rax.

The fix is to explicitly zero-extend rax after doing such a
CMPXCHG. Since this problem affects multiple archs, this is done in
the verifier by patching in a BPF_ZEXT_REG instruction after every
32-bit cmpxchg. Any archs that don't need such manual zero-extension
can do a look-ahead with insn_is_zext to skip the unnecessary mov.

Note this still goes on top of Ilya's patch:

https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210301154019.129110-1-iii@linux.ibm.com/T/#u

Differences v5->v6[1]:
 - Moved is_cmpxchg_insn and ensured it can be safely re-used. Also renamed it
   and removed 'inline' to match the style of the is_*_function helpers.
 - Fixed up comments in verifier test (thanks for the careful review, Martin!)

Differences v4->v5[1]:
 - Moved the logic entirely into opt_subreg_zext_lo32_rnd_hi32, thanks to Martin
   for suggesting this.

Differences v3->v4[1]:
 - Moved the optimization against pointless zext into the correct place:
   opt_subreg_zext_lo32_rnd_hi32 is called _after_ fixup_bpf_calls.

Differences v2->v3[1]:
 - Moved patching into fixup_bpf_calls (patch incoming to rename this function)
 - Added extra commentary on bpf_jit_needs_zext
 - Added check to avoid adding a pointless zext(r0) if there's already one there.

Difference v1->v2[1]: Now solved centrally in the verifier instead of
  specifically for the x86 JIT. Thanks to Ilya and Daniel for the suggestions!

[1] v5: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CA+i-1C3ytZz6FjcPmUg5s4L51pMQDxWcZNvM86w4RHZ_o2khwg@mail.gmail.com/T/#t
    v4: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CA+i-1C3ytZz6FjcPmUg5s4L51pMQDxWcZNvM86w4RHZ_o2khwg@mail.gmail.com/T/#t
    v3: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/08669818-c99d-0d30-e1db-53160c063611@iogearbox.net/T/#t
    v2: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/08669818-c99d-0d30-e1db-53160c063611@iogearbox.net/T/#t
    v1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/d7ebaefb-bfd6-a441-3ff2-2fdfe699b1d2@iogearbox.net/T/#t

Reported-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>
Fixes: 5ffa25502b5a ("bpf: Add instructions for atomic_[cmp]xchg")
Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Acked-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Ilya Leoshkevich <iii@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index aa1e64196d8d..3a283bf97f2f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -2344,6 +2344,10 @@ bool __weak bpf_helper_changes_pkt_data(void *func)
 /* Return TRUE if the JIT backend wants verifier to enable sub-register usage
  * analysis code and wants explicit zero extension inserted by verifier.
  * Otherwise, return FALSE.
+ *
+ * The verifier inserts an explicit zero extension after BPF_CMPXCHGs even if
+ * you don't override this. JITs that don't want these extra insns can detect
+ * them using insn_is_zext.
  */
 bool __weak bpf_jit_needs_zext(void)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index bb3eaab934f3..c56e3fcb5f1a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -504,6 +504,13 @@ static bool is_ptr_cast_function(enum bpf_func_id func_id)
 		func_id == BPF_FUNC_skc_to_tcp_request_sock;
 }
 
+static bool is_cmpxchg_insn(const struct bpf_insn *insn)
+{
+	return BPF_CLASS(insn->code) == BPF_STX &&
+	       BPF_MODE(insn->code) == BPF_ATOMIC &&
+	       insn->imm == BPF_CMPXCHG;
+}
+
 /* string representation of 'enum bpf_reg_type' */
 static const char * const reg_type_str[] = {
 	[NOT_INIT]		= "?",
@@ -11067,7 +11074,17 @@ static int opt_subreg_zext_lo32_rnd_hi32(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 			goto apply_patch_buffer;
 		}
 
-		if (!bpf_jit_needs_zext())
+		/* Add in an zero-extend instruction if a) the JIT has requested
+		 * it or b) it's a CMPXCHG.
+		 *
+		 * The latter is because: BPF_CMPXCHG always loads a value into
+		 * R0, therefore always zero-extends. However some archs'
+		 * equivalent instruction only does this load when the
+		 * comparison is successful. This detail of CMPXCHG is
+		 * orthogonal to the general zero-extension behaviour of the
+		 * CPU, so it's treated independently of bpf_jit_needs_zext.
+		 */
+		if (!bpf_jit_needs_zext() && !is_cmpxchg_insn(&insn))
 			continue;
 
 		if (WARN_ON(load_reg == -1)) {