CVE-2024-50132

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.9-6.11.5 - NULL Pointer Dereference in Trace Probe Argument Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/probes: Fix MAX_TRACE_ARGS limit handling When creating a trace_probe we would set nr_args prior to truncating the arguments to MAX_TRACE_ARGS. However, we would only initialize arguments up to the limit. This caused invalid memory access when attempting to set up probes with more than 128 fetchargs. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1769 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7+ #8 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-1.fc39 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__set_print_fmt+0x134/0x330 Resolve the issue by applying the MAX_TRACE_ARGS limit earlier. Return an error when there are too many arguments instead of silently truncating.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.5%
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 (10)
linux/Kernel 6.9.0 - 6.11.6linux
Linux/Linux < 6.9
Linux/Linux 035ba76014c096316fa809a46ce0a1b9af1cde0d - 08ccd1a57c4d3882e9a877eb2dcc66e50a3b0279
Linux/Linux 035ba76014c096316fa809a46ce0a1b9af1cde0d - 73f35080477e893aa6f4c8d388352b871b288fbc
Linux/Linux 6.11.6 - 6.11.*
Linux/Linux 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.9
Linux/Linux e96b42d22f66982b84e31b6935a59d74d9a2d848 - 6bc24db74fe4788cc7c2f30a113fc6aafba225a3
linux/linux_kernel 6.12 rc1 (4 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.9 - 6.11.6
Published Nov 05, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026