CVE-2024-40996

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Avoid splat in pskb_pull_reason syzkaller builds (CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y) frequently trigger a debug hint in pskb_may_pull. We'd like to retain this debug check because it might hint at integer overflows and other issues (kernel code should pull headers, not huge value). In bpf case, this splat isn't interesting at all: such (nonsensical) bpf programs are typically generated by a fuzzer anyway. Do what Eric suggested and suppress such warning. For CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=n we don't need the extra check because pskb_may_pull will do the right thing: return an error without the WARN() backtrace.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dacc15e9cb248d19e5fc63c54bef0b9b55007761

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f9644782c559635bd676c12c59389a34ed7c866

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e90258303a358e88737afb5048bee9113beea3a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbe3e5a2f4ef69d13be54f1cf895b4658287080

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-07-12

Updated: 2024-08-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High