Vulnerability · Published Nov 7, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-50163bpf: Make sure internal and UAPI bpf_redirect flags don't overlap

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 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.9% 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: bpf: Make sure internal and UAPI bpf_redirect flags don't overlap The bpf_redirect_info is shared between the SKB and XDP redirect paths, and the two paths use the same numeric flag values in the ri->flags field (specifically, BPF_F_BROADCAST == BPF_F_NEXTHOP). This means that if skb bpf_redirect_neigh() is used with a non-NULL params argument and, subsequently, an XDP redirect is performed using the same bpf_redirect_info struct, the XDP path will get confused and end up crashing, which syzbot managed to trigger. With the stack-allocated bpf_redirect_info, the structure is no longer shared between the SKB and XDP paths, so the crash doesn't happen anymore. However, different code paths using identically-numbered flag values in the same struct field still seems like a bit of a mess, so this patch cleans that up by moving the flag definitions together and redefining the three flags in BPF_F_REDIRECT_INTERNAL to not overlap with the flags used for XDP. It also adds a BUILD_BUG_ON() check to make sure the overlap is not re-introduced by mistake.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.115-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50163
Debian:13linux6.11.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50163
Debian:14linux6.11.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-133.144USN-7288-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-133.144UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-58.60UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1078.85USN-7308-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1078.85UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1027.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1081.90UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1081.90USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1081.90.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1081.90.1USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1077.86USN-7291-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1077.86UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1028.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1075.81USN-7291-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1075.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1023.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1060.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1060.68USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1070.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1070.73USN-7289-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1073.79USN-7289-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1073.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1076.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-133.143UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-133.143USN-7288-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1072.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1072.73USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1026.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1026.29.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1033.33UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1021.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1075.81USN-7289-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1075.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1024.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1072.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1072.75USN-7305-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1044.48UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50163

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 – before 4e1e428533845d48828bd3875c0e92e8565b9962e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 – before 314dbee9fe4f5cee36435465de52c988d7caa466e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 – before 0fca5ed4be8e8bfbfb9bd97845af596bab7192d3e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 – before cec288e05ceac9a0d3a3a1fd279534b11844c826e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 – before 09d88791c7cd888d5195c84733caf9183dcfbd16
Linux Linux 5.14

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