CVE-2024-42072

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42072
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42072.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-42072
Downstream
Published
2024-07-29T15:52:35Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:43Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
bpf: Fix may_goto with negative offset.
Details

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

bpf: Fix may_goto with negative offset.

Zac's syzbot crafted a bpf prog that exposed two bugs in may_goto. The 1st bug is the way may_goto is patched. When offset is negative it should be patched differently. The 2nd bug is in the verifier: when current state may_goto_depth is equal to visited state may_goto_depth it means there is an actual infinite loop. It's not correct to prune exploration of the program at this point. Note, that this check doesn't limit the program to only one may_goto insn, since 2nd and any further may_goto will increment may_goto_depth only in the queued state pushed for future exploration. The current state will have may_goto_depth == 0 regardless of number of may_goto insns and the verifier has to explore the program until bpf_exit.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/42xxx/CVE-2024-42072.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
011832b97b311bb9e3c27945bc0d1089a14209c9
Fixed
175827e04f4be53f3dfb57edf12d0d49b18fd939
Fixed
2b2efe1937ca9f8815884bd4dcd5b32733025103

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42072.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.9.0
Fixed
6.9.8

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-42072.json"