CVE-2024-40996
HIGHLinux Kernel - Denial of Service via pskb_pull_reason Debug Check
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Avoid splat in pskb_pull_reason syzkaller builds (CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y) frequently trigger a debug hint in pskb_may_pull. We'd like to retain this debug check because it might hint at integer overflows and other issues (kernel code should pull headers, not huge value). In bpf case, this splat isn't interesting at all: such (nonsensical) bpf programs are typically generated by a fuzzer anyway. Do what Eric suggested and suppress such warning. For CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=n we don't need the extra check because pskb_may_pull will do the right thing: return an error without the WARN() backtrace.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
20.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (19)
linux/Kernel
< 6.1.96linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.36linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.9.7linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.9
Linux/Linux
1b2b26595bb09febf14c5444c873ac4ec90a5a77 - 7f9644782c559635bd676c12c59389a34ed7c866
Linux/Linux
219eee9c0d16f1b754a8b85275854ab17df0850a - 2bbe3e5a2f4ef69d13be54f1cf895b4658287080
Linux/Linux
219eee9c0d16f1b754a8b85275854ab17df0850a - 5e90258303a358e88737afb5048bee9113beea3a
Linux/Linux
6.1.86 - 6.1.96
Linux/Linux
6.1.96 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux
6.10
... and 9 more
Published
Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026