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Consider the following program:\n\n r0 = bpf_get_prandom_u32();\n r6 = 1; /* the r6 == 0 path is explored first */\n if (r0 == 0) goto 1f;\n r6 = 0;\n1:\n r0 = bpf_map_lookup_elem(map, &0); /* absent, NULL at runtime */\n if (r0 == r6) goto 2f; /* taken as a NULL check for r0 */\n *(u8 *)(r0 + 0); /* verifier: map value; runtime: zero */\n2:\n return 0;\n\nThe r6 == 0 path is explored first and the dereference is accepted.\nThe r6 == 1 path is pruned at the checkpoint recorded for (1),\nso the comparison is never verified with a non-zero r6. 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