CVE-2024-56665: bpf,perf: Fix invalid prog_array access in perf_event_detach_bpf_prog
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 5.16, 6.1.121, 6.12; azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-9 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.76.1-1; azl3 kernel 6.6.76.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.76.1-1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 5.16, 6.1.121, 6.12; azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-9 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.76.1-1; azl3 kernel 6.6.76.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.76.1-1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf,perf: Fix invalid prog_array access in perf_event_detach_bpf_prog Syzbot reported [1] crash that happens for following tracing scenario: - create tracepoint perf event with attr.inherit=1, attach it to the process and set bpf program to it - attached process forks -> chid creates inherited event the new child event shares the parent's bpf program and tp_event (hence prog_array) which is global for tracepoint - exit both process and its child -> release both events - first perf_event_detach_bpf_prog call will release tp_event->prog_array and second perf_event_detach_bpf_prog will crash, because tp_event->prog_array is NULL The fix makes sure the perf_event_detach_bpf_prog checks prog_array is valid before it tries to remove the bpf program from it. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/Z1MR6dCIKajNS6nU@krava/T/#m91dbf0688221ec7a7fc95e896a7ef9ff93b0b8ad
- Published
- Dec 27, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 12th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.15.170 and later · before 5.16
- linux linux kernel6.1.115 and later · before 6.1.121
- linux linux kernel6.6.59 and later · before 6.6.67
- linux linux kernel6.11.6 and later · before 6.12.6
- linux linux kernel6.13
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- b4007d5fe38625b8a1b8edc0f385d86527651238, 585674b9d0d80bd7f428b1f88be13cf6d5d6f739, 6.12affected
- 7a5c653ede645693422e43cccaa3e8f905d21c74 and later · before 842e5af282453983586e2eae3c8eaf252de5f22faffected · git
- 21db2f35fa97e4a3447f2edeb7b2569a8bfdc83b and later · before c2b6b47662d5f2dfce92e5ffbdcac8229f321d9daffected · git
- 0ee288e69d033850bc87abe0f9cc3ada24763d7f and later · before dfb15ddf3b65e0df2129f9756d1b4fa78055cdb3affected · git
- 0ee288e69d033850bc87abe0f9cc3ada24763d7f and later · before 978c4486cca5c7b9253d3ab98a88c8e769cb9bbdaffected · git
- 6.1.115 and later · before 6.1.121affected · semver
- 6.6.59 and later · before 6.6.67affected · semver
- 5.15.170 and later · before 5.16affected · semver
- 6.11.6 and later · before 6.12affected · semver
- before 6.12not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.1.123-1 | 6.1.123-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.6-1 | 6.12.6-1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 | kernel-coco | before 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 | 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 | kernel-coco_debug | before 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 | 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 | kernel-source-coco | before 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 | 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 | kernel-syms-coco | before 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 | 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 5.16 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 6.1.121 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 6.12 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 6.6.67 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 842e5af282453983586e2eae3c8eaf252de5f22f | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 978c4486cca5c7b9253d3ab98a88c8e769cb9bbd | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | c2b6b47662d5f2dfce92e5ffbdcac8229f321d9d | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | dfb15ddf3b65e0df2129f9756d1b4fa78055cdb3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-9 on Azure Linux 3.0 | 6.6.76.1-1 · CBL-Mariner Releases | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.76.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 | 6.6.76.1-1 · CBL-Mariner Releases | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.1.123-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-coco | 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-coco_debug | 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-source-coco | 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-syms-coco | 6.4.0-15061.15.coco15sp6.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Confidential Computing Technical Preview 15 SP6 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
—
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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