CVE-2024-42246 net, sunrpc: Remap EPERM in case of connection failure in xs_tcp_setup_socket

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net, sunrpc: Remap EPERM in case of connection failure in xstcpsetupsocket When using a BPF program on kernelconnect, the call can return -EPERM. This causes xstcpsetupsocket to loop forever, filling up the syslog and causing the...

CVE-2024-42246

CVE-2024-42246 is a Linux kernel issue where -EPERM from a BPF program on kernel_connect() could cause xs_tcp_setup_socket() to loop and potentially freeze the kernel. The vulnerability’s root cause is EPERM propagation in the TCP/XS path; mitigations described in public notes include remapping E...