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🛡️ CVE-2024-49888 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

bpf: Fix a sdiv overflow issue

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix a sdiv overflow issue

Zac Ecob reported a problem where a bpf program may cause kernel crash due

to the following error:

Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI

The failure is due to the below signed divide:

LLONG_MIN/-1 where LLONG_MIN equals to -9,223,372,036,854,775,808.

LLONG_MIN/-1 is supposed to give a positive number 9,223,372,036,854,775,808,

but it is impossible since for 64-bit system, the maximum positive

number is 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. On x86_64, LLONG_MIN/-1 will

cause a kernel exception. On arm64, the result for LLONG_MIN/-1 is

LLONG_MIN.

Further investigation found all the following sdiv/smod cases may trigger

an exception when bpf program is running on x86_64 platform:

  • LLONG_MIN/-1 for 64bit operation
  • INT_MIN/-1 for 32bit operation
  • LLONG_MIN%-1 for 64bit operation
  • INT_MIN%-1 for 32bit operation

where -1 can be an immediate or in a register.

On arm64, there are no exceptions:

  • LLONG_MIN/-1 = LLONG_MIN
  • INT_MIN/-1 = INT_MIN
  • LLONG_MIN%-1 = 0
  • INT_MIN%-1 = 0

where -1 can be an immediate or in a register.

Insn patching is needed to handle the above cases and the patched codes

produced results aligned with above arm64 result. The below are pseudo

codes to handle sdiv/smod exceptions including both divisor -1 and divisor 0

and the divisor is stored in a register.

sdiv:

tmp = rX

tmp += 1 /* [-1, 0] -> [0, 1]

if tmp >(unsigned) 1 goto L2

if tmp == 0 goto L1

rY = 0

L1:

rY = -rY;

goto L3

L2:

rY /= rX

L3:

smod:

tmp = rX

tmp += 1 /* [-1, 0] -> [0, 1]

if tmp >(unsigned) 1 goto L1

if tmp == 1 (is64 ? goto L2 : goto L3)

rY = 0;

goto L2

L1:

rY %= rX

L2:

goto L4 // only when !is64

L3:

wY = wY // only when !is64

L4:

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/tPJLTEh7S_DxFEqAI2Ji5MBSoZVg7_G-Py2iaZpAaWtM961fFTWtsnlzwvTbzBzaUzwQAoNATXKUlt0LZOFgnDcIyKCswAnAGdUF3LBrhGQ=@protonmail.com/

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2024-49888 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.11.0 up to 6.11.3)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.11 up to 6.11.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 21 October 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2024-49888 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-10-21
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.11.0 6.11.3
linux-kernel 6.11 6.11.3

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