{"id":"CVE-2024-53099","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-53099","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:42:45.120Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check validity of link->type in bpf_link_show_fdinfo() If a newly-added link type doesn't invoke BPF_LINK_TYPE(), accessing bpf_link_type_strs[link->type] may result in an…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Check validity of link->type in bpf_link_show_fdinfo()\n\nIf a newly-added link type doesn't invoke BPF_LINK_TYPE(), accessing\nbpf_link_type_strs[link->type] may result in an out-of-bounds access.\n\nTo spot such missed invocations early in the future, checking the\nvalidity of link->type in bpf_link_show_fdinfo() and emitting a warning\nwhen such invocations are missed.","published":"2024-11-25T22:15:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-04T11:21:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00232,"percentile":0.14038,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24fec234d2ba9ca3c14e545ebe3fd6dcb47f074d","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e8074bb33d18f56af30a0252cb3606d27eb1c13","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79f87a6ec39fb5968049a6775a528bf58b25c20a","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8421d4c8762bd022cb491f2f0f7019ef51b4f0a7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3eb1b6a9f745d6941b345f0fae014dc8bb06d36","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5092b0a1aaf35d77ebd8d33384d7930bec5cb5d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53099","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}