bpf: allow UTF-8 literals in bpf_bprintf_prepare()

[ Upstream commit b960430 ]

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.

Update test_snprintf_negative() in the same commit so selftests keep
matching the new plain-text vs format-specifier split during bisection.

Fixes: 48cac3f ("bpf: Implement formatted output helpers with bstr_printf")
Signed-off-by: Yihan Ding <dingyihan@uniontech.com>
Acked-by: Paul Chaignon <paul.chaignon@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260416120142.1420646-2-dingyihan@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

Author: Yihan Ding

kernel/bpf/helpers.c

@@ -848,7 +848,13 @@ 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;
 		}
@@ -870,6 +876,15 @@ 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++;
+		c = fmt[i];
+		/*
+		 * The format parser below only understands ASCII conversion
+		 * specifiers and modifiers, so reject non-ASCII after '%'.
+		 */
+		if (!isascii(c)) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		/* skip optional "[0 +-][num]" width formatting field */
 		while (fmt[i] == '0' || fmt[i] == '+'  || fmt[i] == '-' ||

tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf.c

@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ static void test_snprintf_negative(void)
 	ASSERT_ERR(load_single_snprintf("%--------"), "invalid specifier 5");
 	ASSERT_ERR(load_single_snprintf("%lc"), "invalid specifier 6");
 	ASSERT_ERR(load_single_snprintf("%llc"), "invalid specifier 7");
-	ASSERT_ERR(load_single_snprintf("\x80"), "non ascii character");
+	ASSERT_OK(load_single_snprintf("\x80"), "non ascii plain text");
+	ASSERT_ERR(load_single_snprintf("%\x80"), "non ascii in specifier");
 	ASSERT_ERR(load_single_snprintf("\x1"), "non printable character");
 	ASSERT_ERR(load_single_snprintf("%p%"), "invalid specifier 8");
 	ASSERT_ERR(load_single_snprintf("%s%"), "invalid specifier 9");