bpf: Fix NULL deref in map_kptr_match_type for scalar regs (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-53032
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix NULL deref in map_kptr_match_type for scalar regs Commit ab6c637ad027 ("bpf: Fix a bpf_kptr_xchg() issue with local kptr") refactored map_kptr_match_type() to branch on btf_is_kernel() before checking base_type(). A scalar register stored into a kptr slot has no btf, so the btf_is_kernel(reg->btf) call dereferences NULL. Move the base_type() != PTR_TO_BTF_ID guard before any reg->btf access.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected ab6c637ad0276e42f8acabcbc64932a6d346dab3 < 520454e839710c327808c2fcc98e28cee77355fc ; affected ab6c637ad0276e42f8acabcbc64932a6d346dab3 < 0a36c1f72888bca0237295a4da19cd91821a90be ; affected ab6c637ad0276e42f8acabcbc64932a6d346dab3 < 6982653ce5f119982aa58f1af58e7bfbebf39252 ; affected ab6c637ad0276e42f8acabcbc64932a6d346dab3 < da1d615ce49a47986a8864e2371a26e97861085c ; affected ab6c637ad0276e42f8acabcbc64932a6d346dab3 < 4d0a375887ab4d49e4da1ff10f9606cab8f7c3ad ; affected af3d2e0f3a54e67806959d161e613457772babc5
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.6 ; unaffected 0 < 6.6 ; unaffected 6.6.141 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.91 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.33 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.0.10 ≤ 7.0.*

Sources

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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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