CVE-2026-43333 (GCVE-0-2026-43333)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 13:31 – Updated: 2026-05-08 13:31
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Title
bpf: reject direct access to nullable PTR_TO_BUF pointers
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: reject direct access to nullable PTR_TO_BUF pointers check_mem_access() matches PTR_TO_BUF via base_type() which strips PTR_MAYBE_NULL, allowing direct dereference without a null check. Map iterator ctx->key and ctx->value are PTR_TO_BUF | PTR_MAYBE_NULL. On stop callbacks these are NULL, causing a kernel NULL dereference. Add a type_may_be_null() guard to the PTR_TO_BUF branch, matching the existing PTR_TO_BTF_ID pattern.
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Linux Linux Affected: b453361384c2db1c703dacb806d5fd36aec4ceca , < 10bc4a4dcded509c5d5c67d497900c3922c604cd (git)
Affected: 20b2aff4bc15bda809f994761d5719827d66c0b4 , < 21a10c06ffae24cb01fd174a7ab7736001d2ea56 (git)
Affected: 20b2aff4bc15bda809f994761d5719827d66c0b4 , < 8755066f7bd0f4ac46a29d1708c7b20894539252 (git)
Affected: 20b2aff4bc15bda809f994761d5719827d66c0b4 , < 70abd9d118da2f56beb4ec22e3a29becae373535 (git)
Affected: 20b2aff4bc15bda809f994761d5719827d66c0b4 , < 63276547debc4d8a73eefb2c5273b2a905c961b0 (git)
Affected: 20b2aff4bc15bda809f994761d5719827d66c0b4 , < 4f6c99dc0420f1a3d671c1b8ab8a7ac84d9cba09 (git)
Affected: 20b2aff4bc15bda809f994761d5719827d66c0b4 , < b0db1accbc7395657c2b79db59fa9fae0d6656f3 (git)
Affected: e982070f8970bb62e69ed7c9cafff886ed200349 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.203 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.168 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.134 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.81 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.22 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.12 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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