MediumFix available

bpf, sockmap: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_verdict_data_ready()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_verdict_data_ready() syzbot reported the following NULL pointer dereference issue [1]: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [...] RIP: 0010:0x0 [...] Call Trace: sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0x232/0x340 net/core/skmsg.c:1230 unix_stream_sendmsg+0x9b4/0x1230 net/unix/af_unix.c:2293 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 If sk_psock_verdict_data_ready() and sk_psock_stop_verdict() are called concurrently, psock->saved_data_ready can be NULL, causing the above issue. This patch fixes this issue by calling the appropriate data ready function using the sk_psock_data_ready() helper and protecting it from concurrency with sk->sk_callback_lock.

Products: Kernel
Affected versions: Not specified
Fixed versions: 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7
CVEs: CVE-2024-26731
Confirmed fixed CVEs: Not specified
Updated in this feed: 3 Nov 2026, 14:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

bpf, sockmap: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_verdict_data_ready()

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Apr 2024, 17:00 UTC

osv:CVE-2024-26731

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.1.80, 6.6.19, 6.7.7

Complete source record

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