Is CVE-2024-50161 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-50161 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-50161?

CVE-2024-50161 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-50161?

CVE-2024-50161 has an EPSS score of 0.18% (8th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-50161?

Upgrade linux on debian 13 to 6.11.6-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-50161

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check the remaining info_cnt before repeating btf fields When trying to repeat the btf fields for array of nested struct, it doesn't check the remaining info_cnt. The following splat will be reported when the value of ret * nelems is greater than BTF_FIELDS_MAX: ------------[ cut here ]------------ UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in ../kernel/bpf/btf.c:3951:49 index 11 is out of range for type 'btf_field_info [11]' CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 411 Comm: test_progs ...... 6.11.0-rc4+ #1 Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ... Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x70 dump_stack+0x10/0x20 ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x40 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x6f/0x80 ? kallsyms_lookup_name+0x48/0xb0 btf_parse_fields+0x992/0xce0 map_create+0x591/0x770 __sys_bpf+0x229/0x2410 __x64_sys_bpf+0x1f/0x30 x64_sys_call+0x199/0x9f0 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 RIP: 0033:0x7fea56f2cc5d ...... </TASK> ---[ end trace ]--- Fix it by checking the remaining info_cnt in btf_repeat_fields() before repeating the btf fields.

CWE-129

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:6.11.6-1CVE-2024-50161

linux-image-6.11.0-1015-oemUbuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1015.15USN-7310-1

linux-image-oem-24.04bUbuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1015.15USN-7310-1

linux-oem-6.11Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.11.0-1015.15USN-7310-1

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

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-35592	Medium	6.3	51%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-35598	Medium	6.3	50%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-35594	Medium	6.3	50%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-35737	High	7.5	19%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-6317	High	7.1	18%	-	-
CVE-2023-40477	High	7.8	13%	-	Fix

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