CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-47728
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-10-21
- 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:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-459
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Zero former ARG_PTR_TO_{LONG,INT} args in case of error
For all non-tracing helpers which formerly had ARG_PTR_TO_{LONG,INT} as input
arguments, zero the value for the case of an error as otherwise it could leak
memory. For tracing, it is not needed given CAP_PERFMON can already read all
kernel memory anyway hence bpf_get_func_arg() and bpf_get_func_ret() is skipped
in here.
Also, the MTU helpers mtu_len pointer value is being written but also read.
Technically, the MEM_UNINIT should not be there in order to always force init.
Removing MEM_UNINIT needs more verifier rework though: MEM_UNINIT right now
implies two things actually: i) write into memory, ii) memory does not have
to be initialized. If we lift MEM_UNINIT, it then becomes: i) read into memory,
ii) memory must be initialized. This means that for bpf_*_check_mtu() we're
readding the issue we're trying to fix, that is, it would then be able to
write back into things like .rodata BPF maps. Follow-up work will rework the
MEM_UNINIT semantics such that the intent can be better expressed. For now
just clear the *mtu_len on error path which can be lifted later again.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.2 < 6.1.113)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.54)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.10.13)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.11 < 6.11.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b3786a6c5397dc220b1483d8e2f4867743e966f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594a9f5a8d2de2573a856e506f77ba7dd2cefc6a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/599d15b6d03356a97bff7a76155c5604c42a2962 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8397bf78988f3ae9dbebb0200189a62a57264980 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a634fa8e480ac2423f86311a602f6295df2c8ed0 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html lists.debian.org