# CVE-2024-49888: bpf: Fix a sdiv overflow issue

> A signed division overflow in the Linux kernel BPF subsystem can cause a kernel crash, leading to 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:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-52913, AZL-52932, BELL-CVE-2024-49888, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49888, GHSA-c4vm-rj4p-m3c8, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-49888, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49888

## What is CVE-2024-49888?

CVE-2024-49888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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 a sdiv overflow issue

Zac Ecob reported a problem where a bpf program may cause kernel crash due
to the following error:
  Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI

The failure is due to the below signed divide:
  LLONG_MIN/-1 where LLONG_MIN equals to -9,223,372,036,854,775,808.
LLONG_MIN/-1 is supposed to give a positive number 9,223,372,036,854,775,808,
but it is impossible since for 64-bit system, the maximum positive
number is 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. On x86_64, LLONG_MIN/-1 will
cause a kernel exception. On arm64, the result for LLONG_MIN/-1 is
LLONG_MIN.

Further investigation found all the following sdiv/smod cases may trigger
an exception when bpf program is running on x86_64 platform:
  - LLONG_MIN/-1 for 64bit operation
  - INT_MIN/-1 for 32bit operation
  - LLONG_MIN%-1 for 64bit operation
  - INT_MIN%-1 for 32bit operation
where -1 can be an immediate or in a register.

On arm64, there are no exceptions:
  - LLONG_MIN/-1 = LLONG_MIN
  - INT_MIN/-1 = INT_MIN
  - LLONG_MIN%-1 = 0
  - INT_MIN%-1 = 0
where -1 can be an immediate or in a register.

Insn patching is needed to handle the above cases and the patched codes
produced results aligned with above arm64 result. The below are pseudo
codes to handle sdiv/smod exceptions including both divisor -1 and divisor 0
and the divisor is stored in a register.

sdiv:
      tmp = rX
      tmp += 1 /* [-1, 0] -> [0, 1]
      if tmp >(unsigned) 1 goto L2
      if tmp == 0 goto L1
      rY = 0
  L1:
      rY = -rY;
      goto L3
  L2:
      rY /= rX
  L3:

smod:
      tmp = rX
      tmp += 1 /* [-1, 0] -> [0, 1]
      if tmp >(unsigned) 1 goto L1
      if tmp == 1 (is64 ? goto L2 : goto L3)
      rY = 0;
      goto L2
  L1:
      rY %= rX
  L2:
      goto L4  // only when !is64
  L3:
      wY = wY  // only when !is64
  L4:

  [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/tPJLTEh7S_DxFEqAI2Ji5MBSoZVg7_G-Py2iaZpAaWtM961fFTWtsnlzwvTbzBzaUzwQAoNATXKUlt0LZOFgnDcIyKCswAnAGdUF3LBrhGQ=@protonmail.com/

Weakness: CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49888?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49888?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-49888 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49888 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49888 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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-2024-49888 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-2024-49888/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49888/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49888
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49888
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49888

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