CVE-2024-56665 Affecting kernel-azure package, versions <6.4.0-150600.8.26.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELAZURE-8716533
  • published12 Feb 2025
  • disclosed11 Feb 2025

Introduced: 11 Feb 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-azure to version 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-azure package and not the kernel-azure package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

bpf,perf: Fix invalid prog_array access in perf_event_detach_bpf_prog

Syzbot reported [1] crash that happens for following tracing scenario:

  • create tracepoint perf event with attr.inherit=1, attach it to the process and set bpf program to it

  • attached process forks -> chid creates inherited event

    the new child event shares the parent's bpf program and tp_event (hence prog_array) which is global for tracepoint

  • exit both process and its child -> release both events

  • first perf_event_detach_bpf_prog call will release tp_event->prog_array and second perf_event_detach_bpf_prog will crash, because tp_event->prog_array is NULL

The fix makes sure the perf_event_detach_bpf_prog checks prog_array is valid before it tries to remove the bpf program from it.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/Z1MR6dCIKajNS6nU@krava/T/#m91dbf0688221ec7a7fc95e896a7ef9ff93b0b8ad

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