Vulnerability Details CVE-2024-56665
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
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 8.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
Products affected by CVE-2024-56665
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.170
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.171
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.172
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.173
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.174
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.175
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.176
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.177
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.178
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.179
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.180
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.115
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.116
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.117
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.118
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.119
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.120
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.59
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.60
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.61
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.62
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.63
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.64
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.65
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.66