CVE-2024-40996

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via pskb_pull_reason Debug Check

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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