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      <title>CVE-2024-42063 — bpf: Mark bpf prog stack with kmsan_unposion_memory in interpreter mode</title>
      <link>https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2024-42063</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Linux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;bpf: Mark bpf prog stack with kmsan_unposion_memory in interpreter mode&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;syzbot reported uninit memory usages during map_{lookup,delete}_elem.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;==========
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __dev_map_lookup_elem kernel/bpf/devmap.c:441 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dev_map_lookup_elem+0xf3/0x170 kernel/bpf/devmap.c:796
__dev_map_lookup_elem kernel/bpf/devmap.c:441 [inline]
dev_map_lookup_elem+0xf3/0x170 kernel/bpf/devmap.c:796
____bpf_map_lookup_elem kernel/bpf/helpers.c:42 [inline]
bpf_map_lookup_elem+0x5c/0x80 kernel/bpf/helpers.c:38
___bpf_prog_run+0x13fe/0xe0f0 kernel/bpf/core.c:1997
__bpf_prog_run256+0xb5/0xe0 kernel/bpf/core.c:2237
==========&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The reproducer should be in the interpreter mode.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The C reproducer is trying to run the following bpf prog:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;0: (18) r0 = 0x0
    2: (18) r1 = map[id:49]
    4: (b7) r8 = 16777216
    5: (7b) *(u64 *)(r10 -8) = r8
    6: (bf) r2 = r10
    7: (07) r2 += -229
            ^^^^^^^^^^&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8: (b7) r3 = 8
    9: (b7) r4 = 0
   10: (85) call dev_map_lookup_elem#1543472
   11: (95) exit&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is due to the &amp;#34;void *key&amp;#34; (r2) passed to the helper. bpf allows uninit
stack memory access for bpf prog with the right privileges. This patch
uses kmsan_unpoison_memory() to mark the stack as initialized.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This should address different syzbot reports on the uninit &amp;#34;void *key&amp;#34;
argument during map_{lookup,delete}_elem.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Linux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;bpf: Mark bpf prog stack with kmsan_unposion_memory in interpreter mode&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;syzbot reported uninit memory usages during map_{lookup,delete}_elem.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;==========
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __dev_map_lookup_elem kernel/bpf/devmap.c:441 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dev_map_lookup_elem+0xf3/0x170 kernel/bpf/devmap.c:796
__dev_map_lookup_elem kernel/bpf/devmap.c:441 [inline]
dev_map_lookup_elem+0xf3/0x170 kernel/bpf/devmap.c:796
____bpf_map_lookup_elem kernel/bpf/helpers.c:42 [inline]
bpf_map_lookup_elem+0x5c/0x80 kernel/bpf/helpers.c:38
___bpf_prog_run+0x13fe/0xe0f0 kernel/bpf/core.c:1997
__bpf_prog_run256+0xb5/0xe0 kernel/bpf/core.c:2237
==========&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The reproducer should be in the interpreter mode.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The C reproducer is trying to run the following bpf prog:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;0: (18) r0 = 0x0
    2: (18) r1 = map[id:49]
    4: (b7) r8 = 16777216
    5: (7b) *(u64 *)(r10 -8) = r8
    6: (bf) r2 = r10
    7: (07) r2 += -229
            ^^^^^^^^^^&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8: (b7) r3 = 8
    9: (b7) r4 = 0
   10: (85) call dev_map_lookup_elem#1543472
   11: (95) exit&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is due to the &amp;#34;void *key&amp;#34; (r2) passed to the helper. bpf allows uninit
stack memory access for bpf prog with the right privileges. This patch
uses kmsan_unpoison_memory() to mark the stack as initialized.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This should address different syzbot reports on the uninit &amp;#34;void *key&amp;#34;
argument during map_{lookup,delete}_elem.&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
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