vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-56768: kernel: bpf: Fix bpf_get_smp_processor_id() on !CONFIG_SMP
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 6, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 6, 2025
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix bpf_get_smp_processor_id() on !CONFIG_SMP
On x86-64 calling bpf_get_smp_processor_id() in a kernel with CONFIG_SMP
disabled can trigger the following bug, as pcpu_hot is unavailable:
[ 8.471774] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00000000936a290c
[ 8.471849] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 8.471881] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
Fix by inlining a return 0 in the !CONFIG_SMP case.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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