CVE-2025-29481

Name
CVE-2025-29481
Description
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. This has been disputed by third parties who assert that "no one in their sane mind should be passing untrusted ELF files into libbpf while running under root."
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/lmarch2/poc/blob/main/libbpf/libbpf.md

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
n/a == n/a == n/a
cpe:2.3:a:libbpf_project:libbpf:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* libbpf == None == 1.5.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
libbpf edge-main 1.5.0-r0 Adam Jensen <acjensen@gmail.com> possibly vulnerable
libbpf 3.21-main 1.5.0-r0 Adam Jensen <acjensen@gmail.com> possibly vulnerable