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CVE-2024-42161 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Avoid uninitialized value in BPF_CORE_READ_BITFIELD [Changes from V1: - Use a default branch in the switch statement to initialize `val'.] GCC warns that `val' may be used uninitialized in the BPF_CRE_READ_BITFIELD macro, defined in bpf_core_read.h as: [...] unsigned long long val; \ [...] \ switch (__CORE_RELO(s, field, BYTE_SIZE)) { \ case 1: val = *(const unsigned char *)p; break; \ case 2: val = *(const unsigned short *)p; break; \ case 4: val = *(const unsigned int *)p; break; \ case 8: val = *(const unsigned long long *)p; break; \ } \ [...] val; \ } \ This patch adds a default entry in the switch statement that sets `val' to zero in order to avoid the warning, and random values to be used in case __builtin_preserve_field_info returns unexpected values for BPF_FIELD_BYTE_SIZE. Tested in bpf-next master. No regressions.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/009367099eb61a4fc2af44d4eb06b6b4de7de6db CVE, kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3364c2ed1c241989847f19cf83e3db903ce689e3 CVE, kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e5471b5efebc30dd0bc035cda86693a5c73d45f CVE, kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21d76bd0b0d39518e9a4c19f6cf7c042a974aff CVE, kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b694989bb13ed5f166e633faa1eb0f21c6d261a6 CVE, kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff941a8449e712eaf7efca1a13bfb9afd3d99fc2 CVE, kernel.org Patch 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-42161
NVD Published Date:
07/30/2024
NVD Last Modified:
11/03/2025
Source:
kernel.org