CVE-2024-26591
kernel: bpf: Fix re-attachment branch in bpf_tracing_prog_attach
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 22, 2024
Updated · September 2, 2026
Description
bpf: Fix re-attachment branch in bpf_tracing_prog_attach
The following case can cause a crash due to missing attach_btf:
- load rawtp program
- load fentry program with rawtp as target_fd
- create tracing link for fentry program with target_fd = 0
- repeat 3
In the end we have:
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prog->aux->dst_trampoline == NULL
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tgt_prog == NULL (because we did not provide target_fd to link_create)
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prog->aux->attach_btf == NULL (the program was loaded with attach_prog_fd=X)
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the program was loaded for tgt_prog but we have no way to find out which one
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058 Call Trace:
? __die+0x20/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x15b/0x430 ? fixup_exception+0x22/0x330 ? exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x170 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x279/0x560 ? btf_obj_id+0x5/0x10 bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x439/0x560 __sys_bpf+0x1cf4/0x2de0 __x64_sys_bpf+0x1c/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x41/0xf0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76
Return -EINVAL in this situation.
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Mitigation
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CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference