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Carlos Llamas 6c59ee8c14 FROMLIST: libbpf: fix UAF in strset__add_str()
strset_add_str_mem() might reallocate the strset data buffer in order to
accommodate the provided string 's'. However, if 's' points to a string
already present in the buffer, it becomes dangling after the realloc.
This leads to a use-after-free when attempting to memcpy() the string
into the new buffer.

One scenario that triggers this problematic path is when resolve_btfids
attempts to patch kfunc prototypes using existing BTF parameter names:

 | resolve_btfids: function bpf_list_push_back_impl already exists in BTF
 | Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Compiling resolve_btfids with fsanitize=address generates a detailed
report of the UAF:

 | =================================================================
 | ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free on address 0x7f4c4a500bd4
 | ==1507892==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free on address 0x7f4c4a500bd4 at pc 0x55d25155a2a8 bp 0x7ffcef879060 sp 0x7ffcef878818
 | READ of size 5 at 0x7f4c4a500bd4 thread T0
 |     #0 0x55d25155a2a7 in memcpy (tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids+0xcf2a7)
 |     #1 0x55d2515d708e in strset__add_str tools/lib/bpf/strset.c:162:2
 |     #2 0x55d2515c730b in btf__add_str tools/lib/bpf/btf.c:2109:8
 |     #3 0x55d2515c9020 in btf__add_func_param tools/lib/bpf/btf.c:3108:14
 |     #4 0x55d25159f0b5 in process_kfunc_with_implicit_args tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c:1196:9
 |     #5 0x55d25159e004 in btf2btf tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c:1229:9
 |     #6 0x55d25159cee7 in main tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c:1535:6
 |     #7 0x7f4c78e29f76 in __libc_start_call_main csu/../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58:16
 |     #8 0x7f4c78e2a026 in __libc_start_main csu/../csu/libc-start.c:360:3
 |     #9 0x55d2514bb860 in _start (tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids+0x30860)
 |
 | 0x7f4c4a500bd4 is located 13268 bytes inside of 2829000-byte region [0x7f4c4a4fd800,0x7f4c4a7b02c8)
 | freed by thread T0 here:
 |     #0 0x55d25155b700 in realloc (tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids+0xd0700)
 |     #1 0x55d2515c426c in libbpf_reallocarray tools/lib/bpf/./libbpf_internal.h:220:9
 |     #2 0x55d2515c426c in libbpf_add_mem tools/lib/bpf/btf.c:224:13
 |
 | previously allocated by thread T0 here:
 |     #0 0x55d25155b2e3 in malloc (tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids+0xd02e3)
 |     #1 0x55d2515d6e7d in strset__new tools/lib/bpf/strset.c:58:20

While resolve_btfids could be refactored to avoid this call path, let's
instead fix this issue at the source in strset__add_str() and avoid
similar scenarios. Let's simply check whether 's' is already within the
strset data buffer boundaries, and return the offset directly if so.

Fixes: 919d2b1dbb ("libbpf: Allow modification of BTF and add btf__add_str API")
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com>

Bug: 512529051
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260513232055.1681859-1-cmllamas@google.com/
Change-Id: I8a2ef721d0a7640657b28e27d5e86657074c6f1d
Signed-off-by: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@google.com>
2026-05-15 11:09:31 -07:00
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