# CVE-2024-27050: libbpf: Use OPTS\_SET() macro in bpf\_xdp\_query()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libbpf: Use OPTS_SET() macro in bpf_xdp_query() When the feature_flags and xdp_zc_max_segs fields were added to the libbpf bpf_xdp_query_opts, the code writing them did not use the OPTS_SET() macro. This causes libbpf to write to those fields unconditionally, which means that programs compiled against an older version of libbpf (with a smaller size of the bpf_xdp_query_opts struct) will have its stack corrupted by libbpf writing out of bounds. The patch adding the feature_flags field has an early bail out if the feature_flags field is not part of the opts struct (via the OPTS_HAS) macro, but the patch adding xdp_zc_max_segs does not. For consistency, this fix just changes the assignments to both fields to use the OPTS_SET() macro.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa5bef5e80c6a3321b2b1a7070436f3bc5daf07c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/682ddd62abd4bdcee7584246903e7a2df005fe0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd3be9843247edb8fc6fcd8d8237cbce2bc19f5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92a871ab9fa59a74d013bc04f321026a057618e7

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