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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2026

bpf: Fix NULL deref in map_kptr_match_type for scalar regs

CVE-2026-53032

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.

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