# CVE-2024-42082: xdp: Remove WARN() from __xdp_reg_mem_model()

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel warning via BPF XDP tests, potentially causing system instability or denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-47148, BELL-CVE-2024-42082, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42082, GHSA-p649-hp44-fr85, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42082

## What is CVE-2024-42082?

CVE-2024-42082 is a medium-severity denial of service 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:

xdp: Remove WARN() from __xdp_reg_mem_model()

syzkaller reports a warning in __xdp_reg_mem_model().

The warning occurs only if __mem_id_init_hash_table() returns an error. It
returns the error in two cases:

  1. memory allocation fails;
  2. rhashtable_init() fails when some fields of rhashtable_params
     struct are not initialized properly.

The second case cannot happen since there is a static const rhashtable_params
struct with valid fields. So, warning is only triggered when there is a
problem with memory allocation.

Thus, there is no sense in using WARN() to handle this error and it can be
safely removed.

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5065 at net/core/xdp.c:299 __xdp_reg_mem_model+0x2d9/0x650 net/core/xdp.c:299

CPU: 0 PID: 5065 Comm: syz-executor883 Not tainted 6.8.0-syzkaller-05271-gf99c5f563c17 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024
RIP: 0010:__xdp_reg_mem_model+0x2d9/0x650 net/core/xdp.c:299

Call Trace:
 xdp_reg_mem_model+0x22/0x40 net/core/xdp.c:344
 xdp_test_run_setup net/bpf/test_run.c:188 [inline]
 bpf_test_run_xdp_live+0x365/0x1e90 net/bpf/test_run.c:377
 bpf_prog_test_run_xdp+0x813/0x11b0 net/bpf/test_run.c:1267
 bpf_prog_test_run+0x33a/0x3b0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4240
 __sys_bpf+0x48d/0x810 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5649
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5738 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5736 [inline]
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5736
 do_syscall_64+0xfb/0x240
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with syzkaller.

Weakness: CWE-770 (Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42082?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42082?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-42082 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42082 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42082 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42082 is a medium-severity denial of service 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42082 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42082/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42082/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42082
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42082
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42082

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