# CVE-2024-36918: bpf: Check bloom filter map value size

- 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: 2024-05-30 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check bloom filter map value size This patch adds a missing check to bloom filter creating, rejecting values above KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE. This brings the bloom map in line with many other map types. The lack of this protection can cause kernel crashes for value sizes that overflow int's. Such a crash was caught by syzkaller. The next patch adds more guard-rails at a lower level.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa6995eeb62e74b5a1480c73fb7b420c270784d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/608e13706c8b6c658a0646f09ebced74ec367f7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c418afb9bf23e2f2b76cb819601e4a5d9dbab42d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8d89feba7e54e691ca7c4efc2a6264fa83f3687

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