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Linux Linux — bpf: sync_linked_regs() must preserve subreg_def
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0022 13.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 75748837b7e56919679e02163f45d5818c644d03 – —
Linux 5.10 – 5.10.232
TIMELINE
Nov 19 Reserved by Linux
Dec 4 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-53125 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: sync_linked_regs() must preserve subreg_def
Range propagation must not affect subreg_def marks, otherwise the
following example is rewritten by verifier incorrectly when
BPF_F_TEST_RND_HI32 flag is set:
0: call bpf_ktime_get_ns call bpf_ktime_get_ns
1: r0 &= 0x7fffffff after verifier r0 &= 0x7fffffff
2: w1 = w0 rewrites w1 = w0
3: if w0 < 10 goto +0 --------------> r11 = 0x2f5674a6 (r)
4: r1 >>= 32 r11 <<= 32 (r)
5: r0 = r1 r1 |= r11 (r)
6: exit; if w0 < 0xa goto pc+0
r1 >>= 32
r0 = r1
exit
(or zero extension of w1 at (2) is missing for architectures that
require zero extension for upper register half).
The following happens w/o this patch:
- r0 is marked as not a subreg at (0);
- w1 is marked as subreg at (2);
- w1 subreg_def is overridden at (3) by copy_register_state();
- w1 is read at (5) but mark_insn_zext() does not mark (2)
for zero extension, because w1 subreg_def is not set;
- because of BPF_F_TEST_RND_HI32 flag verifier inserts random
value for hi32 bits of (2) (marked (r));
- this random value is read at (5).
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| November 19, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| December 4, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-53125 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 75748837b7e56919679e02163f45d5818c644d03 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.10 | 5.10.232 |
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