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CVE-2022-50450
libbpf: Use elf_getshdrnum() instead of e_shnum
Description

Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.

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Published Date :

Oct. 1, 2025, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2025, 6:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
Solution
Update libbpf to use elf_getshdrnum() for section header count.
  • Update to a version of libbpf that uses elf_getshdrnum().
  • Ensure ELF headers are correctly parsed.
  • Validate section header counts.
  • Apply security patches for libbpf.

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  • CVE Rejected by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Oct. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Oct. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libbpf: Use elf_getshdrnum() instead of e_shnum This commit replace e_shnum with the elf_getshdrnum() helper to fix two oss-fuzz-reported heap-buffer overflow in __bpf_object__open. Both reports are incorrectly marked as fixed and while still being reproducible in the latest libbpf. # clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-bpf-object-fuzzer-5747922482888704 libbpf: loading object 'fuzz-object' from buffer libbpf: sec_cnt is 0 libbpf: elf: section(1) .data, size 0, link 538976288, flags 2020202020202020, type=2 libbpf: elf: section(2) .data, size 32, link 538976288, flags 202020202020ff20, type=1 ================================================================= ==13==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x6020000000c0 at pc 0x0000005a7b46 bp 0x7ffd12214af0 sp 0x7ffd12214ae8 WRITE of size 4 at 0x6020000000c0 thread T0 SCARINESS: 46 (4-byte-write-heap-buffer-overflow-far-from-bounds) #0 0x5a7b45 in bpf_object__elf_collect /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:3414:24 #1 0x5733c0 in bpf_object_open /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:7223:16 #2 0x5739fd in bpf_object__open_mem /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:7263:20 ... The issue lie in libbpf's direct use of e_shnum field in ELF header as the section header count. Where as libelf implemented an extra logic that, when e_shnum == 0 && e_shoff != 0, will use sh_size member of the initial section header as the real section header count (part of ELF spec to accommodate situation where section header counter is larger than SHN_LORESERVE). The above inconsistency lead to libbpf writing into a zero-entry calloc area. So intead of using e_shnum directly, use the elf_getshdrnum() helper provided by libelf to retrieve the section header counter into sec_cnt. Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.
    Removed Reference kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51deedc9b8680953437dfe359e5268120de10e30
    Removed Reference kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622ff59742fe7bf53c06a57332040fa0e08b8242
    Removed Reference kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/854f8c61422053f71e3cf0c4abf757c8aa5c748d
  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Oct. 01, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libbpf: Use elf_getshdrnum() instead of e_shnum This commit replace e_shnum with the elf_getshdrnum() helper to fix two oss-fuzz-reported heap-buffer overflow in __bpf_object__open. Both reports are incorrectly marked as fixed and while still being reproducible in the latest libbpf. # clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-bpf-object-fuzzer-5747922482888704 libbpf: loading object 'fuzz-object' from buffer libbpf: sec_cnt is 0 libbpf: elf: section(1) .data, size 0, link 538976288, flags 2020202020202020, type=2 libbpf: elf: section(2) .data, size 32, link 538976288, flags 202020202020ff20, type=1 ================================================================= ==13==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x6020000000c0 at pc 0x0000005a7b46 bp 0x7ffd12214af0 sp 0x7ffd12214ae8 WRITE of size 4 at 0x6020000000c0 thread T0 SCARINESS: 46 (4-byte-write-heap-buffer-overflow-far-from-bounds) #0 0x5a7b45 in bpf_object__elf_collect /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:3414:24 #1 0x5733c0 in bpf_object_open /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:7223:16 #2 0x5739fd in bpf_object__open_mem /src/libbpf/src/libbpf.c:7263:20 ... The issue lie in libbpf's direct use of e_shnum field in ELF header as the section header count. Where as libelf implemented an extra logic that, when e_shnum == 0 && e_shoff != 0, will use sh_size member of the initial section header as the real section header count (part of ELF spec to accommodate situation where section header counter is larger than SHN_LORESERVE). The above inconsistency lead to libbpf writing into a zero-entry calloc area. So intead of using e_shnum directly, use the elf_getshdrnum() helper provided by libelf to retrieve the section header counter into sec_cnt.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51deedc9b8680953437dfe359e5268120de10e30
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622ff59742fe7bf53c06a57332040fa0e08b8242
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/854f8c61422053f71e3cf0c4abf757c8aa5c748d
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