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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-49987

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 10/21/2024 2:15:19 PM

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Added Description

								
							
							
						
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpftool: Fix undefined behavior in qsort(NULL, 0, ...)

When netfilter has no entry to display, qsort is called with
qsort(NULL, 0, ...). This results in undefined behavior, as UBSan
reports:

net.c:827:2: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 1, which is declared to never be null

Although the C standard does not explicitly state whether calling qsort
with a NULL pointer when the size is 0 constitutes undefined behavior,
Section 7.1.4 of the C standard (Use of library functions) mentions:

"Each of the following statements applies unless explicitly stated
otherwise in the detailed descriptions that follow: If an argument to a
function has an invalid value (such as a value outside the domain of
the function, or a pointer outside the address space of the program, or
a null pointer, or a pointer to non-modifiable storage when the
corresponding parameter is not const-qualified) or a type (after
promotion) not expected by a function with variable number of
arguments, the behavior is undefined."

To avoid this, add an early return when nf_link_info is NULL to prevent
calling qsort with a NULL pointer.
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0f6f33f2aa87493b365a38a8fd87b8854b7734 [No types assigned]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c208b02827eb642758cef65641995fd3f38c89af [No types assigned]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d9f9a7837ab29ccae0c42252f17d436bf0a501 [No types assigned]
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f04e2ad394e2755d0bb2d858ecb5598718bf00d5 [No types assigned]