CVE-2025-29481

Publication date 7 April 2025

Last updated 9 April 2025


Ubuntu priority

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libbpf 1.5.0 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the bpf_object__init_prog` function of libbpf.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dwarves-dfsg 24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
libbpf 24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation

Notes


0xnishit

dwarves-dfsg embedded statically linked copy of libbpf 0.4


mdeslaur

as of 2025-04-09, there does not appear to be an upstream fix for this issue