CVE-2024-43840

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.0-6.10.2 - Denial of Service via BPF Trampoline Address Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, arm64: Fix trampoline for BPF_TRAMP_F_CALL_ORIG When BPF_TRAMP_F_CALL_ORIG is set, the trampoline calls __bpf_tramp_enter() and __bpf_tramp_exit() functions, passing them the struct bpf_tramp_image *im pointer as an argument in R0. The trampoline generation code uses emit_addr_mov_i64() to emit instructions for moving the bpf_tramp_image address into R0, but emit_addr_mov_i64() assumes the address to be in the vmalloc() space and uses only 48 bits. Because bpf_tramp_image is allocated using kzalloc(), its address can use more than 48-bits, in this case the trampoline will pass an invalid address to __bpf_tramp_enter/exit() causing a kernel crash. Fix this by using emit_a64_mov_i64() in place of emit_addr_mov_i64() as it can work with addresses that are greater than 48-bits.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.3%
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

Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 6.0.0 - 6.1.140linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.92linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.3linux
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.1.140 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.10.3 - 6.10.*
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.6.92 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux efc9909fdce00a827a37609628223cd45bf95d0b - 077149478497b2f00ff4fd9da2c892defa6418d8
... and 4 more
Published Aug 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026