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CVE-2024-2314

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

If kernel headers need to be extracted, bcc will attempt to load them from a temporary directory. An unprivileged attacker could use this to force bcc to load compromised linux headers. Linux distributions which provide kernel headers by default are not affected by default.

Affected products

• IOVisor BPF Compiler Collection: before 0.30.0 — fixed in 0.30.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IOVisor BPF Compiler Collection 0.30.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-2314
• https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/commit/008ea09e891194c072f2a9305a3c872a241dc342
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-2314
• https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/commit/008ea09e891194c072f2a9305a3c872a241dc342

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