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PR before: #10542 #10528 #10433 #10251

@kernel-patches-daemon-bpf kernel-patches-daemon-bpf Bot force-pushed the bpf-next_base branch 9 times, most recently from 5fad8c5 to f61cb76 Compare January 15, 2026 03:15
This patch implements range tracking (interval analysis) for BPF_DIV and
BPF_MOD operations when the divisor is a constant, covering both signed
and unsigned variants.

While LLVM typically optimizes integer division and modulo by constants
into multiplication and shift sequences, this optimization is less
effective for the BPF target when dealing with 64-bit arithmetic.

Currently, the verifier does not track bounds for scalar division or
modulo, treating the result as "unbounded". This leads to false positive
rejections for safe code patterns.

For example, the following code (compiled with -O2):

```c
int test(struct pt_regs *ctx) {
    char buffer[6] = {1};
    __u64 x = bpf_ktime_get_ns();
    __u64 res = x % sizeof(buffer);
    char value = buffer[res];
    bpf_printk("res = %llu, val = %d", res, value);
    return 0;
}
```

Generates a raw `BPF_MOD64` instruction:

```asm
;     __u64 res = x % sizeof(buffer);
       1:	97 00 00 00 06 00 00 00	r0 %= 0x6
;     char value = buffer[res];
       2:	18 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00	r1 = 0x0 ll
       4:	0f 01 00 00 00 00 00 00	r1 += r0
       5:	91 14 00 00 00 00 00 00	r4 = *(s8 *)(r1 + 0x0)
```

Without this patch, the verifier fails with "math between map_value
pointer and register with unbounded min value is not allowed" because
it cannot deduce that `r0` is within [0, 5].

According to the BPF instruction set[1], the instruction's offset field
(`insn->off`) is used to distinguish between signed (`off == 1`) and
unsigned division (`off == 0`). Moreover, we also follow the BPF division
and modulo runtime behavior (semantics) to handle special cases, such as
division by zero and signed division overflow.

- UDIV: dst = (src != 0) ? (dst / src) : 0
- SDIV: dst = (src == 0) ? 0 : ((src == -1 && dst == LLONG_MIN) ? LLONG_MIN : (dst / src))
- UMOD: dst = (src != 0) ? (dst % src) : dst
- SMOD: dst = (src == 0) ? dst : ((src == -1 && dst == LLONG_MIN) ? 0: (dst s% src))

Here is the overview of the changes made in this patch (See the code comments
for more details and examples):

1. For BPF_DIV: Firstly check whether the divisor is zero. If so, set the
   destination register to zero (matching runtime behavior).

   For non-zero constant divisors: goto `scalar(32)?_min_max_(u|s)div` functions.
   - General cases: compute the new range by dividing max_dividend and
     min_dividend by the constant divisor.
   - Overflow case (SIGNED_MIN / -1) in signed division: mark the result
     as unbounded if the dividend is not a single number.

2. For BPF_MOD: Firstly check whether the divisor is zero. If so, leave the
   destination register unchanged (matching runtime behavior).

   For non-zero constant divisors: goto `scalar(32)?_min_max_(u|s)mod` functions.
   - General case: For signed modulo, the result's sign matches the
     dividend's sign. And the result's absolute value is strictly bounded
     by `min(abs(dividend), abs(divisor) - 1)`.
     - Special care is taken when the divisor is SIGNED_MIN. By casting
       to unsigned before negation and subtracting 1, we avoid signed
       overflow and correctly calculate the maximum possible magnitude
       (`res_max_abs` in the code).
   - "Small dividend" case: If the dividend is already within the possible
     result range (e.g., [-2, 5] % 10), the operation is an identity
     function, and the destination register remains unchanged.

3. In `scalar(32)?_min_max_(u|s)(div|mod)` functions: After updating current
   range, reset other ranges and tnum to unbounded/unknown.

   e.g., in `scalar_min_max_sdiv`, signed 64-bit range is updated. Then reset
   unsigned 64-bit range and 32-bit range to unbounded, and tnum to unknown.

   Exception: in BPF_MOD's "small dividend" case, since the result remains
   unchanged, we do not reset other ranges/tnum.

4. Also updated existing selftests based on the expected BPF_DIV and
   BPF_MOD behavior.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/bpf/standardization/instruction-set.rst

Co-developed-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com>
Signed-off-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com>
Co-developed-by: Tianci Cao <ziye@zju.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Tianci Cao <ziye@zju.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Yazhou Tang <tangyazhou518@outlook.com>
Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Now BPF_DIV has range tracking support via interval analysis. This patch
adds selftests to cover various cases of BPF_DIV and BPF_MOD operations
when the divisor is a constant, also covering both signed and unsigned variants.

This patch includes several types of tests in 32-bit and 64-bit variants:

1. For UDIV
   - positive divisor
   - zero divisor

2. For SDIV
   - positive divisor, positive dividend
   - positive divisor, negative dividend
   - positive divisor, dividend cross zero
   - negative divisor, positive dividend
   - negative divisor, negative dividend
   - negative divisor, dividend cross zero
   - zero divisor
   - overflow (SIGNED_MIN/-1), normal dividend
   - overflow (SIGNED_MIN/-1), constant dividend

3. For UMOD
   - positive divisor
   - positive divisor, small dividend
   - zero divisor

4. For SMOD
   - positive divisor, positive dividend
   - positive divisor, negative dividend
   - positive divisor, dividend cross zero
   - positive divisor, dividend cross zero, small dividend
   - negative divisor, positive dividend
   - negative divisor, negative dividend
   - negative divisor, dividend cross zero
   - negative divisor, dividend cross zero, small dividend
   - zero divisor
   - overflow (SIGNED_MIN/-1), normal dividend
   - overflow (SIGNED_MIN/-1), constant dividend

Specifically, these selftests are based on dead code elimination:
If the BPF verifier can precisely analyze the result of BPF_DIV/BPF_MOD
instruction, it can prune the path that leads to an error (here we use
invalid memory access as the error case), allowing the program to pass
verification.

Co-developed-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com>
Signed-off-by: Shenghao Yuan <shenghaoyuan0928@163.com>
Co-developed-by: Tianci Cao <ziye@zju.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Tianci Cao <ziye@zju.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Yazhou Tang <tangyazhou518@outlook.com>
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