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        "cveId": "CVE-2024-43910",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2024-08-17T09:11:59.294Z",
        "datePublished": "2024-08-26T10:11:14.105Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:37:04.139Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: add missing check_func_arg_reg_off() to prevent out-of-bounds memory accesses\n\nCurrently, it's possible to pass in a modified CONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR to\na global function as an argument. The adverse effects of this is that\nBPF helpers can continue to make use of this modified\nCONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR from within the context of the global function,\nwhich can unintentionally result in out-of-bounds memory accesses and\ntherefore compromise overall system stability i.e.\n\n[  244.157771] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in bpf_dynptr_data+0x137/0x140\n[  244.161345] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810914be68 by task test_progs/302\n[  244.167151] CPU: 0 PID: 302 Comm: test_progs Tainted: G O E 6.10.0-rc3-00131-g66b586715063 #533\n[  244.174318] Call Trace:\n[  244.175787]  <TASK>\n[  244.177356]  dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0\n[  244.179531]  print_report+0xce/0x670\n[  244.182314]  ? __virt_addr_valid+0x200/0x3e0\n[  244.184908]  kasan_report+0xd7/0x110\n[  244.187408]  ? bpf_dynptr_data+0x137/0x140\n[  244.189714]  ? bpf_dynptr_data+0x137/0x140\n[  244.192020]  bpf_dynptr_data+0x137/0x140\n[  244.194264]  bpf_prog_b02a02fdd2bdc5fa_global_call_bpf_dynptr_data+0x22/0x26\n[  244.198044]  bpf_prog_b0fe7b9d7dc3abde_callback_adjust_bpf_dynptr_reg_off+0x1f/0x23\n[  244.202136]  bpf_user_ringbuf_drain+0x2c7/0x570\n[  244.204744]  ? 0xffffffffc0009e58\n[  244.206593]  ? __pfx_bpf_user_ringbuf_drain+0x10/0x10\n[  244.209795]  bpf_prog_33ab33f6a804ba2d_user_ringbuf_callback_const_ptr_to_dynptr_reg_off+0x47/0x4b\n[  244.215922]  bpf_trampoline_6442502480+0x43/0xe3\n[  244.218691]  __x64_sys_prlimit64+0x9/0xf0\n[  244.220912]  do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0\n[  244.223043]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n[  244.226458] RIP: 0033:0x7ffa3eb8f059\n[  244.228582] Code: 08 89 e8 5b 5d c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 8f 1d 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48\n[  244.241307] RSP: 002b:00007ffa3e9c6eb8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012e\n[  244.246474] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffa3e9c7cdc RCX: 00007ffa3eb8f059\n[  244.250478] RDX: 00007ffa3eb162b4 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00007ffa3e9c7fb0\n[  244.255396] RBP: 00007ffa3e9c6ed0 R08: 00007ffa3e9c76c0 R09: 0000000000000000\n[  244.260195] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: ffffffffffffff80\n[  244.264201] R13: 000000000000001c R14: 00007ffc5d6b4260 R15: 00007ffa3e1c7000\n[  244.268303]  </TASK>\n\nAdd a check_func_arg_reg_off() to the path in which the BPF verifier\nverifies the arguments of global function arguments, specifically\nthose which take an argument of type ARG_PTR_TO_DYNPTR |\nMEM_RDONLY. Also, process_dynptr_func() doesn't appear to perform any\nexplicit and strict type matching on the supplied register type, so\nlet's also enforce that a register either type PTR_TO_STACK or\nCONST_PTR_TO_DYNPTR is by the caller."
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                            "value": "AV:L - The only trigger is `BPF_BTF_LOAD` plus `BPF_PROG_LOAD` on the `bpf(2)` syscall followed by running the program; no remote or adjacent peer data reaches `btf_check_func_arg_match()`. This matches the standard BPF-subsystem classification of Local.\nAC:L - The attacker supplies the offset himself as a `BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_ADD, R1, K)` immediate, which `can_skip_alu_sanitation()` exempts from all speculative masking and `adjust_ptr_min_max_vals()` folds verbatim into `dst_reg->off`, so every precondition is chosen at program-authoring time. There is no race, no memory-layout luck, and no non-default config — global subprogs and dynptrs are ordinary CO-RE/libbpf features.\nPR:L - Reaching the path needs CAP_BPF, which is not root and which `bpf_token_capable()` deliberately grants at `ns_capable()` level through a delegated bpffs BPF token — a feature present throughout the affected 6.8–6.10 range — so an unprivileged user in a container or a non-root CAP_BPF service account qualifies. CAP_BPF is specifically not supposed to confer kernel memory access; the verifier is the boundary being broken here.\nUI:N - The attacker loads and triggers his own BPF program end to end via the `bpf(2)` syscall and a self-attached hook. No victim action of any kind is involved.\nS:U - The forged dynptr corrupts kernel memory within the same kernel security authority that the BPF program already runs under. No hypervisor, IOMMU, or other authority boundary is crossed.\nC:H - With `data`/`size`/`offset` read out of an attacker-placed fake `struct bpf_dynptr_kern`, `bpf_dynptr_read()` performs a `memcpy` from `ptr->data + ptr->offset` into the program's stack, yielding an arbitrary kernel read of up to the 24-bit size mask; the committed KASAN report is only the mildest manifestation.\nI:H - `bpf_dynptr_write()` takes `ARG_PTR_TO_DYNPTR | MEM_RDONLY` and so accepts the same forged pointer inside the subprog, reaching `memmove(dst->data + dst->offset + offset, src, len)` — an arbitrary kernel write, and `bpf_dynptr_data()` additionally hands back a `PTR_TO_MEM` slice at that address. That is a direct local privilege-escalation primitive.\nA:H - Even without exploitation, dereferencing `real_dynptr + K` for an arbitrary `s32` K reads a wild kernel address, producing the slab-out-of-bounds splat in the commit message and, for offsets into unmapped memory, an oops that panics the kernel."
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