CVE-2024-50163

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.14-5.15.169, 5.16-6.1.114, 6.2-6.6.58, 6.7-6.11.5 - Denial of Service via BPF Redirect Flag Overlap

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Make sure internal and UAPI bpf_redirect flags don't overlap The bpf_redirect_info is shared between the SKB and XDP redirect paths, and the two paths use the same numeric flag values in the ri->flags field (specifically, BPF_F_BROADCAST == BPF_F_NEXTHOP). This means that if skb bpf_redirect_neigh() is used with a non-NULL params argument and, subsequently, an XDP redirect is performed using the same bpf_redirect_info struct, the XDP path will get confused and end up crashing, which syzbot managed to trigger. With the stack-allocated bpf_redirect_info, the structure is no longer shared between the SKB and XDP paths, so the crash doesn't happen anymore. However, different code paths using identically-numbered flag values in the same struct field still seems like a bit of a mess, so this patch cleans that up by moving the flag definitions together and redefining the three flags in BPF_F_REDIRECT_INTERNAL to not overlap with the flags used for XDP. It also adds a BUILD_BUG_ON() check to make sure the overlap is not re-introduced by mistake.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.1%
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 (18)
linux/Kernel 5.14.0 - 5.15.170linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.115linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.59linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.11.6linux
Linux/Linux < 5.14
Linux/Linux 5.14
Linux/Linux 5.15.170 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.115 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.11.6 - 6.11.*
Linux/Linux 6.12
... and 8 more
Published Nov 07, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026