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🛡️ CVE-2024-56592 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
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Description

bpf: Call free_htab_elem() after htab_unlock_bucket()

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

bpf: Call free_htab_elem() after htab_unlock_bucket()

For htab of maps, when the map is removed from the htab, it may hold the

last reference of the map. bpf_map_fd_put_ptr() will invoke

bpf_map_free_id() to free the id of the removed map element. However,

bpf_map_fd_put_ptr() is invoked while holding a bucket lock

(raw_spin_lock_t), and bpf_map_free_id() attempts to acquire map_idr_lock

(spinlock_t), triggering the following lockdep warning:

=============================

[ BUG: Invalid wait context ]

6.11.0-rc4+ #49 Not tainted

-----------------------------

test_maps/4881 is trying to lock:

ffffffff84884578 (map_idr_lock){+...}-{3:3}, at: bpf_map_free_id.part.0+0x21/0x70

other info that might help us debug this:

context-{5:5}

2 locks held by test_maps/4881:

#0: ffffffff846caf60 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: bpf_fd_htab_map_update_elem+0xf9/0x270

#1: ffff888149ced148 (&htab->lockdep_key#2){....}-{2:2}, at: htab_map_update_elem+0x178/0xa80

stack backtrace:

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4881 Comm: test_maps Not tainted 6.11.0-rc4+ #49

Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), ...

Call Trace:

<TASK>

dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0xb0

dump_stack+0x10/0x20

__lock_acquire+0x73e/0x36c0

lock_acquire+0x182/0x450

_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x43/0x70

bpf_map_free_id.part.0+0x21/0x70

bpf_map_put+0xcf/0x110

bpf_map_fd_put_ptr+0x9a/0xb0

free_htab_elem+0x69/0xe0

htab_map_update_elem+0x50f/0xa80

bpf_fd_htab_map_update_elem+0x131/0x270

htab_map_update_elem+0x50f/0xa80

bpf_fd_htab_map_update_elem+0x131/0x270

bpf_map_update_value+0x266/0x380

__sys_bpf+0x21bb/0x36b0

__x64_sys_bpf+0x45/0x60

x64_sys_call+0x1b2a/0x20d0

do_syscall_64+0x5d/0x100

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

One way to fix the lockdep warning is using raw_spinlock_t for

map_idr_lock as well. However, bpf_map_alloc_id() invokes

idr_alloc_cyclic() after acquiring map_idr_lock, it will trigger a

similar lockdep warning because the slab's lock (s->cpu_slab->lock) is

still a spinlock.

Instead of changing map_idr_lock's type, fix the issue by invoking

htab_put_fd_value() after htab_unlock_bucket(). However, only deferring

the invocation of htab_put_fd_value() is not enough, because the old map

pointers in htab of maps can not be saved during batched deletion.

Therefore, also defer the invocation of free_htab_elem(), so these

to-be-freed elements could be linked together similar to lru map.

There are four callers for ->map_fd_put_ptr:

(1) alloc_htab_elem() (through htab_put_fd_value())

It invokes ->map_fd_put_ptr() under a raw_spinlock_t. The invocation of

htab_put_fd_value() can not simply move after htab_unlock_bucket(),

because the old element has already been stashed in htab->extra_elems.

It may be reused immediately after htab_unlock_bucket() and the

invocation of htab_put_fd_value() after htab_unlock_bucket() may release

the newly-added element incorrectly. Therefore, saving the map pointer

of the old element for htab of maps before unlocking the bucket and

releasing the map_ptr after unlock. Beside the map pointer in the old

element, should do the same thing for the special fields in the old

element as well.

(2) free_htab_elem() (through htab_put_fd_value())

Its caller includes __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_elem(),

htab_map_delete_elem() and __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch().

For htab_map_delete_elem(), simply invoke free_htab_elem() after

htab_unlock_bucket(). For __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch(), just

like lru map, linking the to-be-freed element into node_to_free list

and invoking free_htab_elem() for these element after unlock. It is safe

to reuse batch_flink as the link for node_to_free, because these

elements have been removed from the hash llist.

Because htab of maps doesn't support lookup_and_delete operation,

__htab_map_lookup_and_delete_elem() doesn't have the problem, so kept

it as

---truncated---

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-2024-56592 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.7.0 up to 6.12.5)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.7 up to 6.12.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 December 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:

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 2024-12-27
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.7.0 6.12.5
linux-kernel 6.7 6.12.5

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