kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x through 4.9.71 does not check the relationship between pointer values and the BPF stack,…

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x through 4.9.71 does not check the relationship between pointer values and the BPF stack, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow or invalid memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-190 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-190 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 1040058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• USN-3523-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg206985.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 102321 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-4073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• USN-3523-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/tree/debian/patches/bugfix/all/bpf-reject-out-of-bounds-stack-pointer-calculation.patch?h=stretch-security (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 21:06 UTC.