CVE-2024-26591

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in BPF Tracing Program Re-attachment

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix re-attachment branch in bpf_tracing_prog_attach The following case can cause a crash due to missing attach_btf: 1) load rawtp program 2) load fentry program with rawtp as target_fd 3) create tracing link for fentry program with target_fd = 0 4) repeat 3 In the end we have: - prog->aux->dst_trampoline == NULL - tgt_prog == NULL (because we did not provide target_fd to link_create) - prog->aux->attach_btf == NULL (the program was loaded with attach_prog_fd=X) - the program was loaded for tgt_prog but we have no way to find out which one BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x20/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x15b/0x430 ? fixup_exception+0x22/0x330 ? exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x170 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x279/0x560 ? btf_obj_id+0x5/0x10 bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x439/0x560 __sys_bpf+0x1cf4/0x2de0 __x64_sys_bpf+0x1c/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x41/0xf0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76 Return -EINVAL in this situation.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel 5.13.0 - 5.15.148linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.75linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.14linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.7.2linux
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.148 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.75 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.14 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.7.2 - 6.7.*
... and 7 more
Published Feb 22, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026