If CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL=y, refcount_inc() WARN when refcount is 0. When creating a new btf, the initial btf->refcnt is 0 and triggered the following:
[ 34.855452] refcount_t: increment on 0; use-after-free. [ 34.856252] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 1857 at lib/refcount.c:153 refcount_inc+0x26/0x30 .... [ 34.868809] Call Trace: [ 34.869168] btf_new_fd+0x1af6/0x24d0 [ 34.869645] ? btf_type_seq_show+0x200/0x200 [ 34.870212] ? lock_acquire+0x3b0/0x3b0 [ 34.870726] ? security_capable+0x54/0x90 [ 34.871247] __x64_sys_bpf+0x1b2/0x310 [ 34.871761] ? __ia32_sys_bpf+0x310/0x310 [ 34.872285] ? bad_area_access_error+0x310/0x310 [ 34.872894] do_syscall_64+0x95/0x3f0 This patch uses refcount_set() instead. Reported-by: Yonghong Song <y...@fb.com> Tested-by: Yonghong Song <y...@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <ka...@fb.com> --- kernel/bpf/btf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c index 22e1046a1a86..fa0dce0452e7 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c @@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse(void __user *btf_data, u32 btf_data_size, if (!err) { btf_verifier_env_free(env); - btf_get(btf); + refcount_set(&btf->refcnt, 1); return btf; } -- 2.9.5