In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Avoid uninitialized value in BPF_CORE_READ_BITFIELD [Changes from V1: - Use a default branch in the switch statement to initialize `val'.] GCC warns that `val' may be used uninitialized in the BPF_CRE_READ_BITFIELD macro, defined in bpf_core_read.h as: [...] unsigned long long val; \ [...] \ switch (__CORE_RELO(s, field, BYTE_SIZE)) { \ case 1: val = *(const unsigned char *)p; break; \ case 2: val = *(const unsigned short *)p; break; \ case 4: val = *(const unsigned int *)p; break; \ case 8: val = *(const unsigned long long *)p; break; \ } \ [...] val; \ } \ This patch adds a default entry in the switch statement that sets `val' to zero in order to avoid the warning, and random values to be used in case __builtin_preserve_field_info returns unexpected values for BPF_FIELD_BYTE_SIZE. Tested in bpf-next master. No regressions.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H'}


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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-457

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-07-30T07:47:03.136Z

Updated: 2024-11-05T09:38:32.790Z

Reserved: 2024-07-29T15:50:41.196Z

Link: CVE-2024-42161

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:54:32.572Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-30T08:15:07.447

Modified: 2024-09-25T15:54:47.837

Link: CVE-2024-42161

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-07-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-42161 - Bugzilla