CVE-2024-40996

bpf: Avoid splat in pskb_pull_reason

published July 12, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00282 · 19.6th percentile
Published
2024-07-12T12:37Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUL 12:37Z
    bpf: Avoid splat in pskb_pull_reason
    cvelistv5