GHSA-QXQ7-JC88-2FR4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-27 18:31 – Updated: 2025-10-29 18:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Skip invalid kfunc call in backtrack_insn
The verifier skips invalid kfunc call in check_kfunc_call(), which would be captured in fixup_kfunc_call() if such insn is not eliminated by dead code elimination. However, this can lead to the following warning in backtrack_insn(), also see [1]:
------------[ cut here ]------------ verifier backtracking bug WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 8646 at kernel/bpf/verifier.c:2756 backtrack_insn kernel/bpf/verifier.c:2756 __mark_chain_precision kernel/bpf/verifier.c:3065 mark_chain_precision kernel/bpf/verifier.c:3165 adjust_reg_min_max_vals kernel/bpf/verifier.c:10715 check_alu_op kernel/bpf/verifier.c:10928 do_check kernel/bpf/verifier.c:13821 [inline] do_check_common kernel/bpf/verifier.c:16289 [...]
So make backtracking conservative with this by returning ENOTSUPP.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CACkBjsaXNceR8ZjkLG=dT3P=4A8SBsg0Z5h5PWLryF5=ghKq=g@mail.gmail.com/
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-52928"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-27T17:15:42Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Skip invalid kfunc call in backtrack_insn\n\nThe verifier skips invalid kfunc call in check_kfunc_call(), which\nwould be captured in fixup_kfunc_call() if such insn is not eliminated\nby dead code elimination. However, this can lead to the following\nwarning in backtrack_insn(), also see [1]:\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n verifier backtracking bug\n WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 8646 at kernel/bpf/verifier.c:2756 backtrack_insn\n kernel/bpf/verifier.c:2756\n\t__mark_chain_precision kernel/bpf/verifier.c:3065\n\tmark_chain_precision kernel/bpf/verifier.c:3165\n\tadjust_reg_min_max_vals kernel/bpf/verifier.c:10715\n\tcheck_alu_op kernel/bpf/verifier.c:10928\n\tdo_check kernel/bpf/verifier.c:13821 [inline]\n\tdo_check_common kernel/bpf/verifier.c:16289\n [...]\n\nSo make backtracking conservative with this by returning ENOTSUPP.\n\n [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CACkBjsaXNceR8ZjkLG=dT3P=4A8SBsg0Z5h5PWLryF5=ghKq=g@mail.gmail.com/",
"id": "GHSA-qxq7-jc88-2fr4",
"modified": "2025-10-29T18:30:29Z",
"published": "2025-03-27T18:31:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52928"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e2fac197de2c4c041bdd8982cffb104689113f1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74eec8266f37aff609db6a2f2b093e56a11c28c4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3178e8a434b58678d99257c0387810a24042fb6"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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