[PATCH bpf v2 1/2] bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare()

[Yihan Ding]

bpf_bprintf_prepare() only needs ASCII parsing for conversion
specifiers. Plain text can safely carry bytes >= 0x80, so allow
UTF-8 literals outside '%' sequences while keeping ASCII control
bytes rejected and format specifiers ASCII-only.

This keeps existing parsing rules for format directives unchanged,
while allowing helpers such as bpf_trace_printk() to emit UTF-8
literal text.

Fixes: 48cac3f4a96d ("bpf: Implement formatted output helpers with bstr_printf")
Suggested-by: Paul Chaignon <paul.chaignon@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yihan Ding <dingyihan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index 6eb6c82ed2ee..6319b39c92f9 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -845,7 +845,13 @@ int bpf_bprintf_prepare(const char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const u64 *raw_args,
 		data->buf = buffers->buf;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < fmt_size; i++) {
-		if ((!isprint(fmt[i]) && !isspace(fmt[i])) || !isascii(fmt[i])) {
+		unsigned char c = fmt[i];
+
+		/*
+		 * Permit bytes >= 0x80 in plain text so UTF-8 literals can pass
+		 * through unchanged, while still rejecting ASCII control bytes.
+		 */
+		if (isascii(c) && !isprint(c) && !isspace(c)) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -867,6 +873,14 @@ int bpf_bprintf_prepare(const char *fmt, u32 fmt_size, const u64 *raw_args,
 		 * always access fmt[i + 1], in the worst case it will be a 0
 		 */
 		i++;
+		/*
+		 * The format parser below only understands ASCII conversion
+		 * specifiers and modifiers, so reject non-ASCII after '%'.
+		 */
+		if (!isascii((unsigned char)fmt[i])) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		/* skip optional "[0 +-][num]" width formatting field */
 		while (fmt[i] == '0' || fmt[i] == '+'  || fmt[i] == '-' ||
-- 
2.20.1