# CVE-2024-46783: tcp_bpf: fix return value of tcp_bpf_sendmsg()

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel BUG and system crash by sending specific TCP messages via BPF, causing a 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:** 18 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-46783, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46783, GHSA-g75v-mhrr-qmm9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46783

## What is CVE-2024-46783?

CVE-2024-46783 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Sep 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:

tcp_bpf: fix return value of tcp_bpf_sendmsg()

When we cork messages in psock->cork, the last message triggers the
flushing will result in sending a sk_msg larger than the current
message size. In this case, in tcp_bpf_send_verdict(), 'copied' becomes
negative at least in the following case:

468         case __SK_DROP:
469         default:
470                 sk_msg_free_partial(sk, msg, tosend);
471                 sk_msg_apply_bytes(psock, tosend);
472                 *copied -= (tosend + delta); // <==== HERE
473                 return -EACCES;

Therefore, it could lead to the following BUG with a proper value of
'copied' (thanks to syzbot). We should not use negative 'copied' as a
return value here.

  ------------[ cut here ]------------
  kernel BUG at net/socket.c:733!
  Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
  Modules linked in:
  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3265 Comm: syz-executor510 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-syzkaller-00060-gd07b43284ab3 #0
  Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
  pstate: 61400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
  pc : sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:733 [inline]
  pc : sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:728 [inline]
  pc : __sock_sendmsg+0x5c/0x60 net/socket.c:745
  lr : sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
  lr : __sock_sendmsg+0x54/0x60 net/socket.c:745
  sp : ffff800088ea3b30
  x29: ffff800088ea3b30 x28: fbf00000062bc900 x27: 0000000000000000
  x26: ffff800088ea3bc0 x25: ffff800088ea3bc0 x24: 0000000000000000
  x23: f9f00000048dc000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff800088ea3d90
  x20: f9f00000048dc000 x19: ffff800088ea3d90 x18: 0000000000000001
  x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 000000002002ffaf
  x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
  x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff8000815849c0 x9 : ffff8000815b49c0
  x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 000000000000003f x6 : 0000000000000000
  x5 : 00000000000007e0 x4 : fff07ffffd239000 x3 : fbf00000062bc900
  x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000fffffdef
  Call trace:
   sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:733 [inline]
   __sock_sendmsg+0x5c/0x60 net/socket.c:745
   ____sys_sendmsg+0x274/0x2ac net/socket.c:2597
   ___sys_sendmsg+0xac/0x100 net/socket.c:2651
   __sys_sendmsg+0x84/0xe0 net/socket.c:2680
   __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2689 [inline]
   __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline]
   __arm64_sys_sendmsg+0x24/0x30 net/socket.c:2687
   __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
   invoke_syscall+0x48/0x110 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
   el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
   do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
   el0_svc+0x34/0xec arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:712
   el0t_64_sync_handler+0x100/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:730
   el0t_64_sync+0x19c/0x1a0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598
  Code: f9404463 d63f0060 3108441f 54fffe81 (d4210000)
  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46783?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46783?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-46783 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46783 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46783 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46783 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Sep 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-2024-46783 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-2024-46783/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46783/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46783
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46783
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46783

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46783/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.