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CVE-2024-50163

MEDIUM 5.5

bpf: Make sure internal and UAPI bpf_redirect flags don't overlap

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Make sure internal and UAPI bpf_redirect flags don't overlap The bpf_redirect_info is shared between the SKB and XDP redirect paths, and the two paths use the same numeric flag values in the ri->flags field (specifically, BPF_F_BROADCAST == BPF_F_NEXTHOP). This means that if skb bpf_redirect_neigh() is used with a non-NULL params argument and, subsequently, an XDP redirect is performed using the same bpf_redirect_info struct, the XDP path will get confused and end up crashing, which syzbot managed to trigger. With the stack-allocated bpf_redirect_info, the structure is no longer shared between the SKB and XDP paths, so the crash doesn't happen anymore. However, different code paths using identically-numbered flag values in the same struct field still seems like a bit of a mess, so this patch cleans that up by moving the flag definitions together and redefining the three flags in BPF_F_REDIRECT_INTERNAL to not overlap with the flags used for XDP. It also adds a BUILD_BUG_ON() check to make sure the overlap is not re-introduced by mistake.

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

Linux / Linux
e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 < 4e1e428533845d48828bd3875c0e92e8565b9962 e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 < 314dbee9fe4f5cee36435465de52c988d7caa466 e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 < 0fca5ed4be8e8bfbfb9bd97845af596bab7192d3 e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 < cec288e05ceac9a0d3a3a1fd279534b11844c826 e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 < 09d88791c7cd888d5195c84733caf9183dcfbd16
Linux / Linux
5.14

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e1e428533845d48828bd3875c0e92e8565b9962 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/314dbee9fe4f5cee36435465de52c988d7caa466 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fca5ed4be8e8bfbfb9bd97845af596bab7192d3 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cec288e05ceac9a0d3a3a1fd279534b11844c826 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09d88791c7cd888d5195c84733caf9183dcfbd16 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html