NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-64kb package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.88.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNEL64KB-8523769
  • published18 Dec 2024
  • disclosed17 Dec 2024

Introduced: 17 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-49850  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-64kb to version 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64kb package and not the kernel-64kb package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

bpf: correctly handle malformed BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_LOCAL relos

In case of malformed relocation record of kind BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_LOCAL referencing a non-existing BTF type, function bpf_core_calc_relo_insn would cause a null pointer deference.

Fix this by adding a proper check upper in call stack, as malformed relocation records could be passed from user space.

Simplest reproducer is a program:

r0 = 0
exit

With a single relocation record:

.insn_off = 0,          /* patch first instruction */
.type_id = 100500,      /* this type id does not exist */
.access_str_off = 6,    /* offset of string &#34;0&#34; */
.kind = BPF_CORE_TYPE_ID_LOCAL,

See the link for original reproducer or next commit for a test case.

CVSS Scores

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