---
cve: "CVE-2024-26589"
severity: "HIGH"
cvss: 7.8
epss: "24%"
vendor: "Linux"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2024-02-22 17:15:09"
tags: [cve, security, high]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-12T01:23:54+02:00"
---

# CVE-2024-26589

> 7.8 HIGH

## Beschreibung

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

bpf: Reject variable offset alu on PTR_TO_FLOW_KEYS

For PTR_TO_FLOW_KEYS, check_flow_keys_access() only uses fixed off
for validation. However, variable offset ptr alu is not prohibited
for this ptr kind. So the variable offset is not checked.

The following prog is accepted:

  func#0 @0
  0: R1=ctx() R10=fp0
  0: (bf) r6 = r1                       ; R1=ctx() R6_w=ctx()
  1: (79) r7 = *(u64 *)(r6 +144)        ; R6_w=ctx() R7_w=flow_keys()
  2: (b7) r8 = 1024                     ; R8_w=1024
  3: (37) r8 /= 1                       ; R8_w=scalar()
  4: (57) r8 &= 1024                    ; R8_w=scalar(smin=smin32=0,
  smax=umax=smax32=umax32=1024,var_off=(0x0; 0x400))
  5: (0f) r7 += r8
  mark_precise: frame0: last_idx 5 first_idx 0 subseq_idx -1
  mark_precise: frame0: regs=r8 stack= before 4: (57) r8 &= 1024
  mark_precise: frame0: regs=r8 stack= before 3: (37) r8 /= 1
  mark_precise: frame0: regs=r8 stack= before 2: (b7) r8 = 1024
  6: R7_w=flow_keys(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=1024,var_off
  =(0x0; 0x400)) R8_w=scalar(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=1024,
  var_off=(0x0; 0x400))
  6: (79) r0 = *(u64 *)(r7 +0)          ; R0_w=scalar()
  7: (95) exit

This prog loads flow_keys to r7, and adds the variable offset r8
to r7, and finally causes out-of-bounds access:

  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90014c80038
  [...]
  Call Trace:
   
   bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1231 [inline]
   __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:651 [inline]
   bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:658 [inline]
   bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu include/linux/filter.h:675 [inline]
   bpf_flow_dissect+0x15f/0x350 net/core/flow_dissector.c:991
   bpf_prog_test_run_flow_dissector+0x39d/0x620 net/bpf/test_run.c:1359
   bpf_prog_test_run kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4107 [inline]
   __sys_bpf+0xf8f/0x4560 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5475
   __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5561 [inline]
   __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5559 [inline]
   __x64_sys_bpf+0x73/0xb0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5559
   do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
   do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b

Fix this by rejecting ptr alu with variable offset on flow_keys.
Applying the patch rejects the program with "R7 pointer arithmetic
on flow_keys prohibited".

## CVSS-Vektor

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

| Metrik | Wert | Bewertung |
|---|---|---|
| AV Angriffsvektor | Lokal | good |
| AC Komplexität | Gering | bad |
| PR Privilegien | Gering | warn |
| UI Interaktion | Keine | bad |
| S Scope | Unverändert | good |
| C Vertraulichkeit | Hoch | bad |
| I Integrität | Hoch | bad |
| A Verfügbarkeit | Hoch | bad |

## Patch verfügbar (OSV)

- Kernel ≥ 5.15.148
- Kernel ≥ 6.1.75
- Kernel ≥ 6.6.14
- Kernel ≥ 6.7.2

## Referenzen

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29ffa63f21bcdcef3e36b03cccf9d0cd031f6ab0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4108b86e324da42f7ed425bd71632fd844300dc8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8d3872b617c21100c5ee4f64e513997a68c2e3d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b500d5d6cecf98dd6ca88bc9e7ae1783c83e6d3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22c7fa171a02d310e3a3f6ed46a698ca8a0060ed>

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