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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-47794"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-01-11T12:25:14.419Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:35:17.759Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-47794"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-47794.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47794"
title: "bpf: Prevent tailcall infinite loop caused by freplace"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Prevent tailcall infinite loop caused by freplace\n\nThere is a potential infinite loop issue that can occur when using a\ncombination of tail calls and freplace.\n\nIn an upcoming selftest, the attach target for entry_freplace of\ntailcall_freplace.c is subprog_tc of tc_bpf2bpf.c, while the tail call in\nentry_freplace leads to entry_tc. This results in an infinite loop:\n\nentry_tc -\u003e subprog_tc -\u003e entry_freplace --tailcall-\u003e entry_tc.\n\nThe problem arises because the tail_call_cnt in entry_freplace resets to\nzero each time entry_freplace is executed, causing the tail call mechanism\nto never terminate, eventually leading to a kernel panic.\n\nTo fix this issue, the solution is twofold:\n\n1. Prevent updating a program extended by an freplace program to a\n   prog_array map.\n2. Prevent extending a program that is already part of a prog_array map\n   with an freplace program.\n\nThis ensures that:\n\n* If a program or its subprogram has been extended by an freplace program,\n  it can no longer be updated to a prog_array map.\n* If a program has been added to a prog_array map, neither it nor its\n  subprograms can be extended by an freplace program.\n\nMoreover, an extension program should not be tailcalled. As such, return\n-EINVAL if the program has a type of BPF_PROG_TYPE_EXT when adding it to a\nprog_array map.\n\nAdditionally, fix a minor code style issue by replacing eight spaces with a\ntab for proper formatting."
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