diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 8030b50d3b45..ee86e4d7d5fc 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -16260,8 +16260,8 @@ static int check_btf_info(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 }
 
 /* check %cur's range satisfies %old's */
-static bool range_within(struct bpf_reg_state *old,
-			 struct bpf_reg_state *cur)
+static bool range_within(const struct bpf_reg_state *old,
+			 const struct bpf_reg_state *cur)
 {
 	return old->umin_value <= cur->umin_value &&
 	       old->umax_value >= cur->umax_value &&
@@ -16425,21 +16425,28 @@ static bool regs_exact(const struct bpf_reg_state *rold,
 	       check_ids(rold->ref_obj_id, rcur->ref_obj_id, idmap);
 }
 
+enum exact_level {
+	NOT_EXACT,
+	EXACT,
+	RANGE_WITHIN
+};
+
 /* Returns true if (rold safe implies rcur safe) */
 static bool regsafe(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *rold,
-		    struct bpf_reg_state *rcur, struct bpf_idmap *idmap, bool exact)
+		    struct bpf_reg_state *rcur, struct bpf_idmap *idmap,
+		    enum exact_level exact)
 {
-	if (exact)
+	if (exact == EXACT)
 		return regs_exact(rold, rcur, idmap);
 
-	if (!(rold->live & REG_LIVE_READ))
+	if (!(rold->live & REG_LIVE_READ) && exact == NOT_EXACT)
 		/* explored state didn't use this */
 		return true;
-	if (rold->type == NOT_INIT)
-		/* explored state can't have used this */
-		return true;
-	if (rcur->type == NOT_INIT)
-		return false;
+	if (rold->type == NOT_INIT) {
+		if (exact == NOT_EXACT || rcur->type == NOT_INIT)
+			/* explored state can't have used this */
+			return true;
+	}
 
 	/* Enforce that register types have to match exactly, including their
 	 * modifiers (like PTR_MAYBE_NULL, MEM_RDONLY, etc), as a general
@@ -16474,7 +16481,7 @@ static bool regsafe(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *rold,
 			return memcmp(rold, rcur, offsetof(struct bpf_reg_state, id)) == 0 &&
 			       check_scalar_ids(rold->id, rcur->id, idmap);
 		}
-		if (!rold->precise)
+		if (!rold->precise && exact == NOT_EXACT)
 			return true;
 		/* Why check_ids() for scalar registers?
 		 *
@@ -16585,7 +16592,8 @@ static struct bpf_reg_state *scalar_reg_for_stack(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 }
 
 static bool stacksafe(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_func_state *old,
-		      struct bpf_func_state *cur, struct bpf_idmap *idmap, bool exact)
+		      struct bpf_func_state *cur, struct bpf_idmap *idmap,
+		      enum exact_level exact)
 {
 	int i, spi;
 
@@ -16598,12 +16606,13 @@ static bool stacksafe(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_func_state *old,
 
 		spi = i / BPF_REG_SIZE;
 
-		if (exact &&
+		if (exact != NOT_EXACT &&
 		    old->stack[spi].slot_type[i % BPF_REG_SIZE] !=
 		    cur->stack[spi].slot_type[i % BPF_REG_SIZE])
 			return false;
 
-		if (!(old->stack[spi].spilled_ptr.live & REG_LIVE_READ) && !exact) {
+		if (!(old->stack[spi].spilled_ptr.live & REG_LIVE_READ)
+		    && exact == NOT_EXACT) {
 			i += BPF_REG_SIZE - 1;
 			/* explored state didn't use this */
 			continue;
@@ -16749,7 +16758,7 @@ static bool refsafe(struct bpf_func_state *old, struct bpf_func_state *cur,
  * the current state will reach 'bpf_exit' instruction safely
  */
 static bool func_states_equal(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_func_state *old,
-			      struct bpf_func_state *cur, bool exact)
+			      struct bpf_func_state *cur, enum exact_level exact)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -16776,7 +16785,7 @@ static void reset_idmap_scratch(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 static bool states_equal(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 			 struct bpf_verifier_state *old,
 			 struct bpf_verifier_state *cur,
-			 bool exact)
+			 enum exact_level exact)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -17150,7 +17159,7 @@ static int is_state_visited(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx)
 			 * => unsafe memory access at 11 would not be caught.
 			 */
 			if (is_iter_next_insn(env, insn_idx)) {
-				if (states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, true)) {
+				if (states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, RANGE_WITHIN)) {
 					struct bpf_func_state *cur_frame;
 					struct bpf_reg_state *iter_state, *iter_reg;
 					int spi;
@@ -17174,20 +17183,20 @@ static int is_state_visited(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx)
 				goto skip_inf_loop_check;
 			}
 			if (is_may_goto_insn_at(env, insn_idx)) {
-				if (states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, true)) {
+				if (states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, RANGE_WITHIN)) {
 					update_loop_entry(cur, &sl->state);
 					goto hit;
 				}
 				goto skip_inf_loop_check;
 			}
 			if (calls_callback(env, insn_idx)) {
-				if (states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, true))
+				if (states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, RANGE_WITHIN))
 					goto hit;
 				goto skip_inf_loop_check;
 			}
 			/* attempt to detect infinite loop to avoid unnecessary doomed work */
 			if (states_maybe_looping(&sl->state, cur) &&
-			    states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, true) &&
+			    states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, EXACT) &&
 			    !iter_active_depths_differ(&sl->state, cur) &&
 			    sl->state.may_goto_depth == cur->may_goto_depth &&
 			    sl->state.callback_unroll_depth == cur->callback_unroll_depth) {
@@ -17245,7 +17254,7 @@ skip_inf_loop_check:
 		 */
 		loop_entry = get_loop_entry(&sl->state);
 		force_exact = loop_entry && loop_entry->branches > 0;
-		if (states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, force_exact)) {
+		if (states_equal(env, &sl->state, cur, force_exact ? RANGE_WITHIN : NOT_EXACT)) {
 			if (force_exact)
 				update_loop_entry(cur, loop_entry);
 hit: