# CVE-2024-56615: bpf: fix OOB devmap writes when deleting elements

> An integer overflow in the Linux kernel BPF devmap allows out-of-bounds writes, potentially causing system crashes or arbitrary code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-55748, AZL-55811, BELL-CVE-2024-56615, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56615, GHSA-wrw9-rpg8-p3wx, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56615

## What is CVE-2024-56615?

CVE-2024-56615 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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 OOB devmap writes when deleting elements

Jordy reported issue against XSKMAP which also applies to DEVMAP - the
index used for accessing map entry, due to being a signed integer,
causes the OOB writes. Fix is simple as changing the type from int to
u32, however, when compared to XSKMAP case, one more thing needs to be
addressed.

When map is released from system via dev_map_free(), we iterate through
all of the entries and an iterator variable is also an int, which
implies OOB accesses. Again, change it to be u32.

Example splat below:

[  160.724676] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc8fc2c001000
[  160.731662] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[  160.736876] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[  160.742095] PGD 0 P4D 0
[  160.744678] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[  160.749106] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 520 Comm: kworker/u145:12 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1+ #487
[  160.757050] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFT/S2600WFT, BIOS SE5C620.86B.02.01.0008.031920191559 03/19/2019
[  160.767642] Workqueue: events_unbound bpf_map_free_deferred
[  160.773308] RIP: 0010:dev_map_free+0x77/0x170
[  160.777735] Code: 00 e8 fd 91 ed ff e8 b8 73 ed ff 41 83 7d 18 19 74 6e 41 8b 45 24 49 8b bd f8 00 00 00 31 db 85 c0 74 48 48 63 c3 48 8d 04 c7 <48> 8b 28 48 85 ed 74 30 48 8b 7d 18 48 85 ff 74 05 e8 b3 52 fa ff
[  160.796777] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000ee1fe38 EFLAGS: 00010202
[  160.802086] RAX: ffffc8fc2c001000 RBX: 0000000080000000 RCX: 0000000000000024
[  160.809331] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000024 RDI: ffffc9002c001000
[  160.816576] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000023 R09: 0000000000000001
[  160.823823] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000000ee6b2 R12: dead000000000122
[  160.831066] R13: ffff88810c928e00 R14: ffff8881002df405 R15: 0000000000000000
[  160.838310] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8897e0c40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  160.846528] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[  160.852357] CR2: ffffc8fc2c001000 CR3: 0000000005c32006 CR4: 00000000007726f0
[  160.859604] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[  160.866847] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[  160.874092] PKRU: 55555554
[  160.876847] Call Trace:
[  160.879338]  <TASK>
[  160.881477]  ? __die+0x20/0x60
[  160.884586]  ? page_fault_oops+0x15a/0x450
[  160.888746]  ? search_extable+0x22/0x30
[  160.892647]  ? search_bpf_extables+0x5f/0x80
[  160.896988]  ? exc_page_fault+0xa9/0x140
[  160.900973]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[  160.905232]  ? dev_map_free+0x77/0x170
[  160.909043]  ? dev_map_free+0x58/0x170
[  160.912857]  bpf_map_free_deferred+0x51/0x90
[  160.917196]  process_one_work+0x142/0x370
[  160.921272]  worker_thread+0x29e/0x3b0
[  160.925082]  ? rescuer_thread+0x4b0/0x4b0
[  160.929157]  kthread+0xd4/0x110
[  160.932355]  ? kthread_park+0x80/0x80
[  160.936079]  ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
[  160.943396]  ? kthread_park+0x80/0x80
[  160.950803]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20
[  160.958482]  </TASK>

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56615?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56615?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56615 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56615 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [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-2024-56615 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56615 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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-2024-56615 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-2024-56615/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56615/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56615
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56615
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56615

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