๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2024-46764

UNKNOWN 0.0

bpf: add check for invalid name in btf_name_valid_section()

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: add check for invalid name in btf_name_valid_section() If the length of the name string is 1 and the value of name[0] is NULL byte, an OOB vulnerability occurs in btf_name_valid_section() and the return value is true, so the invalid name passes the check. To solve this, you need to check if the first position is NULL byte and if the first character is printable.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Sep 18, 2024
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
bd70a8fb7ca4fcb078086f4d96b048aaf1aa4786 < c8ffe2d4d37a05ce18c71b87421443c16f8475e5 bd70a8fb7ca4fcb078086f4d96b048aaf1aa4786 < bb6705c3f93bed2af03d43691743d4c43e3c8e6f
Linux / Linux
6.9

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8ffe2d4d37a05ce18c71b87421443c16f8475e5 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb6705c3f93bed2af03d43691743d4c43e3c8e6f