Security Advisory

CVE-2024-53099

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2024-11-25 21:21:27
Last updated 2026-05-11 20:50:50
Assigner Linux
State PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check validity of link->type in bpf_link_show_fdinfo() If a newly-added link type doesnt invoke BPF_LINK_TYPE(), accessing bpf_link_type_strs[link->type] may result in an out-of-bounds access. To spot such missed invocations early in the future, checking the validity of link->type in bpf_link_show_fdinfo() and emitting a warning when such invocations are missed.