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CVE-2024-50161

MEDIUM 5.5

bpf: Check the remaining info_cnt before repeating btf fields

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check the remaining info_cnt before repeating btf fields When trying to repeat the btf fields for array of nested struct, it doesn't check the remaining info_cnt. The following splat will be reported when the value of ret * nelems is greater than BTF_FIELDS_MAX: ------------[ cut here ]------------ UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in ../kernel/bpf/btf.c:3951:49 index 11 is out of range for type 'btf_field_info [11]' CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 411 Comm: test_progs ...... 6.11.0-rc4+ #1 Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ... Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x70 dump_stack+0x10/0x20 ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x40 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x6f/0x80 ? kallsyms_lookup_name+0x48/0xb0 btf_parse_fields+0x992/0xce0 map_create+0x591/0x770 __sys_bpf+0x229/0x2410 __x64_sys_bpf+0x1f/0x30 x64_sys_call+0x199/0x9f0 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 RIP: 0033:0x7fea56f2cc5d ...... </TASK> ---[ end trace ]--- Fix it by checking the remaining info_cnt in btf_repeat_fields() before repeating the btf fields.

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Product linux
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Published Nov 7, 2024
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
64e8ee814819f21beeeda00d4119221443d77992 < 6f957d972feee9b385ea3ae6530310a84e55ba71 64e8ee814819f21beeeda00d4119221443d77992 < 797d73ee232dd1833dec4824bc53a22032e97c1c
Linux / Linux
6.11

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f957d972feee9b385ea3ae6530310a84e55ba71 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/797d73ee232dd1833dec4824bc53a22032e97c1c