CVE-2024-40996 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-40996

bpf: Avoid splat in pskb_pull_reason

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Avoid splat in pskb_pull_reason syzkaller builds (CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y) frequently trigger a debug hint in pskb_may_pull. We'd like to retain this debug check because it might hint at integer overflows and other issues (kernel code should pull headers, not huge value). In bpf case, this splat isn't interesting at all: such (nonsensical) bpf programs are typically generated by a fuzzer anyway. Do what Eric suggested and suppress such warning. For CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=n we don't need the extra check because pskb_may_pull will do the right thing: return an error without the WARN() backtrace.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
8af60bb2b215f478b886f1d6d302fefa7f0b917d, 1b2b26595bb09febf14c5444c873ac4ec90a5a77, 219eee9c0d16f1b754a8b85275854ab17df0850a, fff05b2b004d9a8a2416d08647f3dc9068e357c8, 6.1.86, 6.6.27, 6.8.6, 6.9, 0, 6.1.96, 6.6.36, 6.9.7, 6.10

Timeline

Official Publish: July 12th, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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