CVE-2024-38574

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.8-6.8.11, 6.9.0-6.9.2 - NULL Pointer Dereference in libbpf

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libbpf: Prevent null-pointer dereference when prog to load has no BTF In bpf_objec_load_prog(), there's no guarantee that obj->btf is non-NULL when passing it to btf__fd(), and this function does not perform any check before dereferencing its argument (as bpf_object__btf_fd() used to do). As a consequence, we get segmentation fault errors in bpftool (for example) when trying to load programs that come without BTF information. v2: Keep btf__fd() in the fix instead of reverting to bpf_object__btf_fd().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.0%
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 (11)
linux/Kernel 6.8.0 - 6.8.12linux
linux/Kernel 6.9.0 - 6.9.3linux
Linux/Linux < 6.8
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux 6.8.12 - 6.8.*
Linux/Linux 6.9.3 - 6.9.*
Linux/Linux df7c3f7d3a3ddab31ca8cfa9b86a8729ec43fd2e - 1fd91360a75833b7110af9834ae26c977e1273e0
Linux/Linux df7c3f7d3a3ddab31ca8cfa9b86a8729ec43fd2e - 9bf48fa19a4b1d186e08b20bf7e5de26a15644fb
Linux/Linux df7c3f7d3a3ddab31ca8cfa9b86a8729ec43fd2e - ef80b59acfa4dee4b5eaccb15572b69248831104
... and 1 more
Published Jun 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026