CVE-2024-42072

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.9-6.9.7 - Denial of Service via BPF Verifier Infinite Loop

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix may_goto with negative offset. Zac's syzbot crafted a bpf prog that exposed two bugs in may_goto. The 1st bug is the way may_goto is patched. When offset is negative it should be patched differently. The 2nd bug is in the verifier: when current state may_goto_depth is equal to visited state may_goto_depth it means there is an actual infinite loop. It's not correct to prune exploration of the program at this point. Note, that this check doesn't limit the program to only one may_goto insn, since 2nd and any further may_goto will increment may_goto_depth only in the queued state pushed for future exploration. The current state will have may_goto_depth == 0 regardless of number of may_goto insns and the verifier has to explore the program until bpf_exit.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.5%
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 (9)
linux/Kernel 6.9.0 - 6.9.8linux
Linux/Linux < 6.9
Linux/Linux 011832b97b311bb9e3c27945bc0d1089a14209c9 - 175827e04f4be53f3dfb57edf12d0d49b18fd939
Linux/Linux 011832b97b311bb9e3c27945bc0d1089a14209c9 - 2b2efe1937ca9f8815884bd4dcd5b32733025103
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.9
Linux/Linux 6.9.8 - 6.9.*
linux/linux_kernel 6.10 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.9 - 6.9.8
Published Jul 29, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026