vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2024-42063: Medium priority package update for kernel (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jul 29, 2024 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 29, 2024
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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.
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.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bpftoolamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernelamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86-64amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-headersamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpfamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf-staticamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-6-1-97-104-177amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-modules-extraamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-modules-extra-commonamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-toolsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-perfamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-perf-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-perfamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-perf-debuginfo
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