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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Nov 7, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 13, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Check the remaining info_cnt before repeating btf fields

When trying to repeat the btf fields for array of nested struct, it
doesn't check the remaining info_cnt. The following splat will be
reported when the value of ret * nelems is greater than BTF_FIELDS_MAX:

------------[ cut here ]------------
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in ../kernel/bpf/btf.c:3951:49
index 11 is out of range for type 'btf_field_info [11]'
CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 411 Comm: test_progs ...... 6.11.0-rc4+ #1
Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ...
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x70
dump_stack+0x10/0x20
ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x40
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x6f/0x80
? kallsyms_lookup_name+0x48/0xb0
btf_parse_fields+0x992/0xce0
map_create+0x591/0x770
__sys_bpf+0x229/0x2410
__x64_sys_bpf+0x1f/0x30
x64_sys_call+0x199/0x9f0
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
RIP: 0033:0x7fea56f2cc5d
......

---[ end trace ]---

Fix it by checking the remaining info_cnt in btf_repeat_fields() before
repeating the btf fields.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 7, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 7, 2024
Last updated Nov 13, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.043%
(11th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-50161

GHSA ID

GHSA-9wrc-jcvc-7hxx

Source code

No known source code

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