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CVE-2024-42063: bpf: Mark bpf prog stack with kmsan_unposion_memory in interpreter mode
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2024-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-908
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Mark bpf prog stack with kmsan_unposion_memory in interpreter mode syzbot reported uninit memory usages during map_{lookup,delete}_elem. ========== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __dev_map_lookup_elem kernel/bpf/devmap.c:441 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dev_map_lookup_elem+0xf3/0x170 kernel/bpf/devmap.c:796 __dev_map_lookup_elem kernel/bpf/devmap.c:441 [inline] dev_map_lookup_elem+0xf3/0x170 kernel/bpf/devmap.c:796 ____bpf_map_lookup_elem kernel/bpf/helpers.c:42 [inline] bpf_map_lookup_elem+0x5c/0x80 kernel/bpf/helpers.c:38 ___bpf_prog_run+0x13fe/0xe0f0 kernel/bpf/core.c:1997 __bpf_prog_run256+0xb5/0xe0 kernel/bpf/core.c:2237 ========== The reproducer should be in the interpreter mode. The C reproducer is trying to run the following bpf prog: 0: (18) r0 = 0x0 2: (18) r1 = map[id:49] 4: (b7) r8 = 16777216 5: (7b) *(u64 *)(r10 -8) = r8 6: (bf) r2 = r10 7: (07) r2 += -229 ^^^^^^^^^^ 8: (b7) r3 = 8 9: (b7) r4 = 0 10: (85) call dev_map_lookup_elem#1543472 11: (95) exit It is due to the "void *key" (r2) passed to the helper. bpf allows uninit stack memory access for bpf prog with the right privileges. This patch uses kmsan_unpoison_memory() to mark the stack as initialized. This should address different syzbot reports on the uninit "void *key" argument during map_{lookup,delete}_elem.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: before 6.1.97; from 6.2 before 6.6.37; from 6.7 before 6.9.8 — fixed in 6.1.97, 6.6.37, 6.9.8
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.97, 6.6.37, 6.9.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3189983c26108cf0990e5c46856dc9feb9470d12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b30f3197a6cd080052d5d4973f9a6b479fd9fff5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d812ae6e02bd6e6a9cd1fdb09519c2f33e875faf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8742081db7d01f980c6161ae1e8a1dbc1e30979
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3189983c26108cf0990e5c46856dc9feb9470d12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b30f3197a6cd080052d5d4973f9a6b479fd9fff5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d812ae6e02bd6e6a9cd1fdb09519c2f33e875faf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8742081db7d01f980c6161ae1e8a1dbc1e30979
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
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