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-rw-r--r--kernel/bpf/btf.c17
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 0c465f0077d5..15f4c99a46c0 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -6517,13 +6517,6 @@ struct btf *bpf_prog_get_target_btf(const struct bpf_prog *prog)
return prog->aux->attach_btf;
}
-static bool is_void_or_int_ptr(struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t)
-{
- /* skip modifiers */
- t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, t->type, NULL);
- return btf_type_is_void(t) || btf_type_is_int(t);
-}
-
u32 btf_ctx_arg_idx(struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *func_proto,
int off)
{
@@ -6912,10 +6905,14 @@ bool btf_ctx_access(int off, int size, enum bpf_access_type type,
}
/*
- * If it's a pointer to void, it's the same as scalar from the verifier
- * safety POV. Either way, no futher pointer walking is allowed.
+ * If it's a single or multilevel pointer, except a pointer
+ * to a structure, it's the same as scalar from the verifier
+ * safety POV. Multilevel pointers to structures are treated as
+ * scalars. The verifier lacks the context to infer the size of
+ * their target memory regions. Either way, no further pointer
+ * walking is allowed.
*/
- if (is_void_or_int_ptr(btf, t))
+ if (!btf_type_is_struct_ptr(btf, t))
return true;
/* this is a pointer to another type */