CVE-2024-38574

libbpf: Prevent null-pointer dereference when prog to load has no BTF

published June 19, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

libbpf: Prevent null-pointer dereference when prog to load has no BTF

In bpf_objec_load_prog(), there's no guarantee that obj->btf is non-NULL

when passing it to btf__fd(), and this function does not perform any

check before dereferencing its argument (as bpf_object__btf_fd() used to

do). As a consequence, we get segmentation fault errors in bpftool (for

example) when trying to load programs that come without BTF information.

v2: Keep btf__fd() in the fix instead of reverting to bpf_object__btf_fd().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00225 · 12.4th percentile
Published
2024-06-19T13:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUN 13:35Z
    libbpf: Prevent null-pointer dereference when prog to load has no BTF
    cvelistv5