linux/arch/arm64/net
Fuad Tabba ef06fd16d4 bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing
struct bpf_plt contains a u64 target field. Currently, the BPF JIT
allocator requests an alignment of 4 bytes (sizeof(u32)) for the JIT
buffer.

Because the base address of the JIT buffer can be 4-byte aligned (e.g.,
ending in 0x4 or 0xc), the relative padding logic in build_plt() fails
to ensure that target lands on an 8-byte boundary.

This leads to two issues:
1. UBSAN reports misaligned-access warnings when dereferencing the
   structure.
2. More critically, target is updated concurrently via WRITE_ONCE() in
   bpf_arch_text_poke() while the JIT'd code executes ldr. On arm64,
   64-bit loads/stores are only guaranteed to be single-copy atomic if
   they are 64-bit aligned. A misaligned target risks a torn read,
   causing the JIT to jump to a corrupted address.

Fix this by increasing the allocation alignment requirement to 8 bytes
(sizeof(u64)) in bpf_jit_binary_pack_alloc(). This anchors the base of
the JIT buffer to an 8-byte boundary, allowing the relative padding math
in build_plt() to correctly align the target field.

Fixes: b2ad54e153 ("bpf, arm64: Implement bpf_arch_text_poke() for arm64")
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260226075525.233321-1-tabba@google.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2026-02-26 11:19:00 -08:00
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bpf_jit.h bpf, arm64, powerpc: Change nospec to include v1 barrier 2025-06-09 20:11:09 -07:00
bpf_jit_comp.c bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing 2026-02-26 11:19:00 -08:00
bpf_timed_may_goto.S bpf, arm64: Add JIT support for timed may_goto 2025-08-27 17:16:22 -07:00
Makefile bpf, arm64: Add JIT support for timed may_goto 2025-08-27 17:16:22 -07:00