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Linux Linux — bpf: Fix a kernel verifier crash in stacksafe()
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0023 14.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux ab470fefce2837e66b771c60858118d50bb5bb10 – —
Linux 6.7 – 6.6.48
TIMELINE
Aug 21 Reserved by Linux
Sep 11 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-45020 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix a kernel verifier crash in stacksafe()
Daniel Hodges reported a kernel verifier crash when playing with sched-ext.
Further investigation shows that the crash is due to invalid memory access
in stacksafe(). More specifically, it is the following code:
if (exact != NOT_EXACT &&
old->stack[spi].slot_type[i % BPF_REG_SIZE] !=
cur->stack[spi].slot_type[i % BPF_REG_SIZE])
return false;
The 'i' iterates old->allocated_stack.
If cur->allocated_stack < old->allocated_stack the out-of-bound
access will happen.
To fix the issue add 'i >= cur->allocated_stack' check such that if
the condition is true, stacksafe() should fail. Otherwise,
cur->stack[spi].slot_type[i % BPF_REG_SIZE] memory access is legal.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| August 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| September 11, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-45020 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | ab470fefce2837e66b771c60858118d50bb5bb10 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.7 | 6.6.48 |
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