Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-47708netkit: Assign missing bpf_net_context

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netkit: Assign missing bpf_net_context During the introduction of struct bpf_net_context handling for XDP-redirect, the netkit driver has been missed, which also requires it because NETKIT_REDIRECT invokes skb_do_redirect() which is accessing the per-CPU variables. Otherwise we see the following crash: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038 bpf_redirect() netkit_xmit() dev_hard_start_xmit() Set the bpf_net_context before invoking netkit_xmit() program within the netkit driver.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15USN-7310-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-47708

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 401cb7dae8130fd34eb84648e02ab4c506df7d5e – before 182c6fed8c7f62cddce0126ec1fc0da2b700fb11401cb7dae8130fd34eb84648e02ab4c506df7d5e – before 157f29152b61ca41809dd7ead29f5733adeced19
Linux Linux 6.11

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