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The helper function returns a pointer that in the failure case encodes
an error in the struct btf pointer. The current code lead to Coverity
warning about the use of the invalid pointer:
*** CID 1507963: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE)
/kernel/bpf/verifier.c: 1788 in find_kfunc_desc_btf()
1782 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
1783 }
1784
1785 kfunc_btf = __find_kfunc_desc_btf(env, offset, btf_modp);
1786 if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(kfunc_btf)) {
1787 verbose(env, "cannot find module BTF for func_id %u\n", func_id);
>>> CID 1507963: Memory - illegal accesses (USE_AFTER_FREE)
>>> Using freed pointer "kfunc_btf".
1788 return kfunc_btf ?: ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
1789 }
1790 return kfunc_btf;
1791 }
1792 return btf_vmlinux ?: ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
1793 }
Daniel suggested the use of ERR_CAST so that the intended use is clear
to Coverity, but on closer look it seems that we never return NULL from
the helper. Andrii noted that since __find_kfunc_desc_btf already logs
errors for all cases except btf_get_by_fd, it is much easier to add
logging for that and remove the IS_ERR check altogether, returning
directly from it.
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20211009040900.803436-1-memxor@gmail.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.