Security Advisory

CVE-2024-38566

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2024-06-19 13:35:33
Last updated 2026-05-11 20:19:11
Assigner Linux
State PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix verifier assumptions about socket->sk The verifier assumes that sk field in struct socket is valid and non-NULL when socket pointer itself is trusted and non-NULL. That may not be the case when socket was just created and passed to LSM socket_accept hook. Fix this verifier assumption and adjust tests.