Kernel panic via freplace tail-call counter reset
Published Jan 11, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Infinite-loop denial of service in Linux kernel 5.6 through 6.12.4 allows local users to trigger a kernel panic. The BPF tail-call counter resets to zero each time an freplace extension reenters the target, so the entry_tc-to-subprog_tc-to-entry_freplace chain never reaches the tail-call limit. A local user able to load, attach, and test BPF extension programs can crash the host without interaction from another user.
Summary
What happened
Infinite-loop denial of service in Linux kernel 5.6 through 6.12.4 allows local users to trigger a kernel panic. The BPF tail-call counter resets to zero each time an freplace extension reenters the target, so the entry_tc-to-subprog_tc-to-entry_freplace chain never reaches the tail-call limit. A local user able to load, attach, and test BPF extension programs can crash the host without interaction from another user.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-47794
- Published
- Jan 11, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-835, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.6
- Affected versionversion=be8704ff07d2374bcc5c675526f95e70c6459683 <987aa730bad3e1ef66d9f30182294daa78f6387d
- Affected versionversion=be8704ff07d2374bcc5c675526f95e70c6459683 <d6083f040d5d8f8d748462c77e90547097df936e
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