n the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Avoid uninitialized value in BPF_CORE_READ_BITFIELD [Changes from V1: - Use a default branch in the switch statement to initialize `val'.] GCC warns that `val' may be used uninitialized in the BPF_CRE_READ_BITFIELD macro, defined in bpf_core_read.h as: [...] unsigned long long val; \ [...] \ switch (__CORE_RELO(s, field, BYTE_SIZE)) { \ case 1: val = *(const unsigned char *)p; break; \ case 2: val = *(const unsigned short *)p; break; \ case 4: val = *(const unsigned int *)p; break; \ case 8: val = *(const unsigned long long *)p; break; \ } \ [...] val; \ } \ This patch adds a default entry in the switch statement that sets `val' to zero in order to avoid the warning, and random values to be used in case __builtin_preserve_field_info returns unexpected values for BPF_FIELD_BYTE_SIZE. Tested in bpf-next master. No regressions.
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff941a8449e712eaf7efca1a13bfb9afd3d99fc2 - Patch |
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v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.3 |
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Published : 2024-07-30 08:15
Updated : 2025-11-03 22:17
NVD link : CVE-2024-42161
Mitre link : CVE-2024-42161
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-42161
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Use of Uninitialized Resource