libbpf: Fix possible use-after-free for externs

The `name` field in `obj->externs` points into the BTF data at initial
open time. However, some functions may invalidate this after opening and
before loading (e.g. `bpf_map__set_value_size`), which results in
pointers into freed memory and undefined behavior.

The simplest solution is to simply `strdup` these strings, similar to
the `essent_name`, and free them at the same time.

In order to test this path, the `global_map_resize` BPF selftest is
modified slightly to ensure the presence of an extern, which causes this
test to fail prior to the fix. Given there isn't an obvious API or error
to test against, I opted to add this to the existing test as an aspect
of the resizing feature rather than duplicate the test.

Fixes: 9d0a23313b1a ("libbpf: Add capability for resizing datasec maps")
Signed-off-by: Adin Scannell <amscanne@meta.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250625050215.2777374-1-amscanne@meta.com

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index e9c641a2fb20..52e353368f58 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ struct extern_desc {
 	int sym_idx;
 	int btf_id;
 	int sec_btf_id;
-	const char *name;
+	char *name;
 	char *essent_name;
 	bool is_set;
 	bool is_weak;
@@ -4259,7 +4259,9 @@ static int bpf_object__collect_externs(struct bpf_object *obj)
 			return ext->btf_id;
 		}
 		t = btf__type_by_id(obj->btf, ext->btf_id);
-		ext->name = btf__name_by_offset(obj->btf, t->name_off);
+		ext->name = strdup(btf__name_by_offset(obj->btf, t->name_off));
+		if (!ext->name)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		ext->sym_idx = i;
 		ext->is_weak = ELF64_ST_BIND(sym->st_info) == STB_WEAK;
 
@@ -9138,8 +9140,10 @@ void bpf_object__close(struct bpf_object *obj)
 	zfree(&obj->btf_custom_path);
 	zfree(&obj->kconfig);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < obj->nr_extern; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < obj->nr_extern; i++) {
+		zfree(&obj->externs[i].name);
 		zfree(&obj->externs[i].essent_name);
+	}
 
 	zfree(&obj->externs);
 	obj->nr_extern = 0;