CVE-2024-42075 bpf: Fix remap of arena.

What is CVE-2024-42075?

CVE-2024-42075 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

bpf: Fix remap of arena.

The bpf arena logic didn't account for mremap operation. Add a refcnt for multiple mmap events to prevent use-after-free in arena_vm_close.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42075?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-42075?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2024-42075 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42075 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-47065, AZL-47186, BELL-CVE-2024-42075, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42075, GHSA-f2w3-phmv-5298, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42075.