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high 7.8

CVE-2024-45020 json

bpf: Fix a kernel verifier crash in stacksafe()

published 2024-09-11 2 y ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2024-41500

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix a kernel verifier crash in stacksafe()

Daniel Hodges reported a kernel verifier crash when playing with sched-ext. Further investigation shows that the crash is due to invalid memory access in stacksafe(). More specifically, it is the following code:

if (exact != NOT_EXACT && old->stack[spi].slot_type[i % BPF_REG_SIZE] != cur->stack[spi].slot_type[i % BPF_REG_SIZE]) return false;

The 'i' iterates old->allocated_stack. If cur->allocated_stack < old->allocated_stack the out-of-bound access will happen.

To fix the issue add 'i >= cur->allocated_stack' check such that if the condition is true, stacksafe() should fail. Otherwise, cur->stack[spi].slot_type[i % BPF_REG_SIZE] memory access is legal.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.6.48, 6.10.7, 6.11
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.10.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45020

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1019.21
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1015.19
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1017.17
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1020.23
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1002.4
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1016.18

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45020

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.4.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:11486

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-11.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-11.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_3 Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.2
  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-20.1
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-20.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-20.1
  • kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-17.1.1.51
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_3 Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20077-1SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1SUSE-SU-2024:3587-1SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • bpftool AlmaLinux 9 7.4.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:11486

  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.51.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-49221

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-45020 updated cvss 6.0

kernel: bpf: Fix a kernel verifier crash in stacksafe()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, perf 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, rtla 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.4.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-64k 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-core 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-tools 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, python3-perf 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-503.19.1.el9_5, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:11486
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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