Skip to content
Heist/ feed
High

bpf: Prevent tailcall infinite loop caused by freplace

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Prevent tailcall infinite loop caused by freplace There is a potential infinite loop issue that can occur when using a combination of tail calls and freplace. In an upcoming selftest, the attach target for entry_freplace of tailcall_freplace.c is subprog_tc of tc_bpf2bpf.c, while the tail call in entry_freplace leads to entry_tc. This results in an infinite loop: entry_tc -> subprog_tc -> entry_freplace --tailcall-> entry_tc. The problem arises because the tail_call_cnt in entry_freplace resets to zero each time entry_freplace is executed, causing the tail call mechanism to never terminate, eventually leading to a kernel panic. To fix this issue, the solution is twofold: 1. Prevent updating a program extended by an freplace program to a prog_array map. 2. Prevent extending a program that is already part of a prog_array map with an freplace program. This ensures that: * If a program or its subprogram has been extended by an freplace program, it can no longer be updated to a prog_array map. * If a program has been added to a prog_array map, neither it nor its subprograms can be extended by an freplace program. Moreover, an extension program should not be tailcalled. As such, return -EINVAL if the program has a type of BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT when adding it to a prog_array map. Additionally, fix a minor code style issue by replacing eight spaces with a tab for proper formatting.

Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗

CVE-2024-47794

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2024-47794

Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
Not stated in this record
Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
Not stated in this record
Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "be8704ff07d2374bcc5c675526f95e70c6459683",
        "lessThan": "f8ba0d22afa613b280fc40fcf6ae99f73c7b36e6",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "be8704ff07d2374bcc5c675526f95e70c6459683",
        "lessThan": "987aa730bad3e1ef66d9f30182294daa78f6387d",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "be8704ff07d2374bcc5c675526f95e70c6459683",
        "lessThan": "d6083f040d5d8f8d748462c77e90547097df936e",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "include/linux/bpf.h",
      "kernel/bpf/arraymap.c",
      "kernel/bpf/core.c",
      "kernel/bpf/syscall.c",
      "kernel/bpf/trampoline.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "5.6"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.6",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.6.160",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.12.5",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.13",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "include/linux/bpf.h",
      "kernel/bpf/arraymap.c",
      "kernel/bpf/core.c",
      "kernel/bpf/syscall.c",
      "kernel/bpf/trampoline.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2024-47794

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#45905 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed
Publisher date
Read the original announcement