CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-38566

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-06-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-06-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix verifier assumptions about socket->sk The verifier assumes that 'sk' field in 'struct socket' is valid and non-NULL when 'socket' pointer itself is trusted and non-NULL. That may not be the case when socket was just created and passed to LSM socket_accept hook. Fix this verifier assumption and adjust tests.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.4 < 6.6.33) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.8.12) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.9 < 6.9.3)

References