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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2024-26591
HistoryFeb 22, 2024 - 5:15 p.m.

Null pointer dereference

2024-02-2217:15:00
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linux kernel
bpf_tracing_prog_attach
crash
missing attach_btf
null pointer
vulnerability
fix
nvd
security fix
re-attachment branch
tracing link creation
btf_obj_id

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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

bpf: Fix re-attachment branch in bpf_tracing_prog_attach

The following case can cause a crash due to missing attach_btf:

  1. load rawtp program
  2. load fentry program with rawtp as target_fd
  3. create tracing link for fentry program with target_fd = 0
  4. repeat 3

In the end we have:

  • prog->aux->dst_trampoline == NULL

  • tgt_prog == NULL (because we did not provide target_fd to link_create)

  • prog->aux->attach_btf == NULL (the program was loaded with attach_prog_fd=X)

  • the program was loaded for tgt_prog but we have no way to find out which one

    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058
    Call Trace:
    <TASK>
    ? __die+0x20/0x70
    ? page_fault_oops+0x15b/0x430
    ? fixup_exception+0x22/0x330
    ? exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x170
    ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
    ? bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x279/0x560
    ? btf_obj_id+0x5/0x10
    bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x439/0x560
    __sys_bpf+0x1cf4/0x2de0
    __x64_sys_bpf+0x1c/0x30
    do_syscall_64+0x41/0xf0
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76

Return -EINVAL in this situation.

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%