CVE-2024-42068

kernel: bpf: Take return from set_memory_ro() into account with bpf_prog_lock_ro()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 29, 2024

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Take return from set_memory_ro() into account with bpf_prog_lock_ro()

set_memory_ro() can fail, leaving memory unprotected.

Check its return and take it into account as an error.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')