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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-50161

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 11/07/2024 5:15:07 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

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

bpf: Check the remaining info_cnt before repeating btf fields

When trying to repeat the btf fields for array of nested struct, it
doesn't check the remaining info_cnt. The following splat will be
reported when the value of ret * nelems is greater than BTF_FIELDS_MAX:

  ------------[ cut here ]------------
  UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in ../kernel/bpf/btf.c:3951:49
  index 11 is out of range for type 'btf_field_info [11]'
  CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 411 Comm: test_progs ...... 6.11.0-rc4+ #1
  Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ...
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x70
   dump_stack+0x10/0x20
   ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x40
   __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x6f/0x80
   ? kallsyms_lookup_name+0x48/0xb0
   btf_parse_fields+0x992/0xce0
   map_create+0x591/0x770
   __sys_bpf+0x229/0x2410
   __x64_sys_bpf+0x1f/0x30
   x64_sys_call+0x199/0x9f0
   do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
  RIP: 0033:0x7fea56f2cc5d
  ......
   </TASK>
  ---[ end trace ]---

Fix it by checking the remaining info_cnt in btf_repeat_fields() before
repeating the btf fields.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f957d972feee9b385ea3ae6530310a84e55ba71 [No types assigned]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/797d73ee232dd1833dec4824bc53a22032e97c1c [No types assigned]