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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-58098" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-05-05T14:53:32.417Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T21:51:50.990Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:20.494Z" 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-2024-58098" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-58098.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-58098" title: "bpf: track changes_pkt_data property for global functions" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: track changes_pkt_data property for global functions\n\nWhen processing calls to certain helpers, verifier invalidates all\npacket pointers in a current state. For example, consider the\nfollowing program:\n\n __attribute__((__noinline__))\n long skb_pull_data(struct __sk_buff *sk, __u32 len)\n {\n return bpf_skb_pull_data(sk, len);\n }\n\n SEC(\"tc\")\n int test_invalidate_checks(struct __sk_buff *sk)\n {\n int *p = (void *)(long)sk-\u003edata;\n if ((void *)(p + 1) \u003e (void *)(long)sk-\u003edata_end) return TCX_DROP;\n skb_pull_data(sk, 0);\n *p = 42;\n return TCX_PASS;\n }\n\nAfter a call to bpf_skb_pull_data() the pointer 'p' can't be used\nsafely. See function filter.c:bpf_helper_changes_pkt_data() for a list\nof such helpers.\n\nAt the moment verifier invalidates packet pointers when processing\nhelper function calls, and does not traverse global sub-programs when\nprocessing calls to global sub-programs. This means that calls to\nhelpers done from global sub-programs do not invalidate pointers in\nthe caller state. E.g. the program above is unsafe, but is not\nrejected by verifier.\n\nThis commit fixes the omission by computing field\nbpf_subprog_info-\u003echanges_pkt_data for each sub-program before main\nverification pass.\nchanges_pkt_data should be set if:\n- subprogram calls helper for which bpf_helper_changes_pkt_data\n returns true;\n- subprogram calls a global function,\n for which bpf_subprog_info-\u003echanges_pkt_data should be set.\n\nThe verifier.c:check_cfg() pass is modified to compute this\ninformation. The commit relies on depth first instruction traversal\ndone by check_cfg() and absence of recursive function calls:\n- check_cfg() would eventually visit every call to subprogram S in a\n state when S is fully explored;\n- when S is fully explored:\n - every direct helper call within S is explored\n (and thus changes_pkt_data is set if needed);\n - every call to subprogram S1 called by S was visited with S1 fully\n explored (and thus S inherits changes_pkt_data from S1).\n\nThe downside of such approach is that dead code elimination is not\ntaken into account: if a helper call inside global function is dead\nbecause of current configuration, verifier would conservatively assume\nthat the call occurs for the purpose of the changes_pkt_data\ncomputation." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"51c39bb1d5d105a02e29aa7960f0a395086e6342","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"79751e9227a5910c0e5a2c7186877d91821d957d"},{"version":"51c39bb1d5d105a02e29aa7960f0a395086e6342","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1d572c60488b52882b719ed273767ee3b280413d"},{"version":"51c39bb1d5d105a02e29aa7960f0a395086e6342","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"51081a3f25c742da5a659d7fc6fd77ebfdd555be"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.6"},{"version":"6.6.90","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.25","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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