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CVE-2024-35860

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: support deferring bpf_link dealloc to after RCU grace period BPF link for some program types is passed as a "context" which can be used by those BPF programs to look up additional information. E.g., for multi-kprobes and multi-uprobes, link is used to fetch BPF cookie values. Because of this runtime dependency, when bpf_link refcnt drops to zero there could still be active BPF programs running accessing link data. This patch adds generic support to defer bpf_link dealloc callback to after RCU GP, if requested. This is done by exposing two different deallocation callbacks, one synchronous and one deferred. If deferred one is provided, bpf_link_free() will schedule dealloc_deferred() callback to happen after RCU GP. BPF is using two flavors of RCU: "classic" non-sleepable one and RCU tasks trace one. The latter is used when sleepable BPF programs are used. bpf_link_free() accommodates that by checking underlying BPF program's sleepable flag, and goes either through normal RCU GP only for non-sleepable, or through RCU tasks trace GP *and* then normal RCU GP (taking into account rcu_trace_implies_rcu_gp() optimization), if BPF program is sleepable. We use this for multi-kprobe and multi-uprobe links, which dereference link during program run. We also preventively switch raw_tp link to use deferred dealloc callback, as upcoming changes in bpf-next tree expose raw_tp link data (specifically, cookie value) to BPF program at runtime as well.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.8.9-1CVE-2024-35860
Fixed in:6.8.9-1CVE-2024-35860
linuxUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1011.12USN-6893-3
linux-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1010.10USN-6893-1
linux-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1010.11USN-6893-1
linux-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1006.9USN-6893-2
linux-ibmUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1006-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1006.9USN-6893-2
linux-image-6.8.0-1007-intelUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1007.14USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1007-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1007.7USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-ibmUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6918-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6918-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-nvidiaUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1009.9USN-6893-2
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-nvidia-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1009.9USN-6893-2
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1010.10USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-azure-fdeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1010.10USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1010.11USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1011.12USN-6893-3
linux-image-6.8.0-38-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-38-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-38-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38.1USN-6893-1
linux-image-6.8.0-38-lowlatency-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38.1USN-6893-1
linux-image-awsUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1011.12USN-6893-3
linux-image-azureUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1010.10USN-6893-1
linux-image-azure-fdeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1010.10USN-6893-1
linux-image-gcpUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1010.11USN-6893-1
linux-image-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-image-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-image-generic-lpaeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-image-gkeUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1006.9USN-6893-2
linux-image-ibmUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
linux-image-ibm-classicUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
linux-image-intelUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1007.14USN-6893-1
linux-image-kvmUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-image-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38.1USN-6893-1
linux-image-lowlatency-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38.1USN-6893-1
linux-image-nvidiaUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1009.9USN-6893-2
linux-image-nvidia-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1009.9USN-6893-2
linux-image-oem-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
linux-image-oem-24.04aUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
linux-image-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6918-1
linux-image-oracle-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6918-1
linux-image-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1007.7USN-6893-1
linux-image-virtualUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38USN-6893-1
linux-intelUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1007.14USN-6893-1
linux-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-38.38.1USN-6893-1
linux-nvidiaUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1009.9USN-6893-2
linux-oem-6.8Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6893-1
linux-oracleUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1008.8USN-6918-1
linux-raspiUbuntu
Fixed in:6.8.0-1007.7USN-6893-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days
13thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 13% of all known CVEs.

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