CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64353

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel BPF mechanism for ARRAY_OF_MAPS with the BPF_F_INNER_MAP flag, the verifier incorrectly elides lookup result nullness for constant keys, using the template max_entries instead of the concrete inner map. The fix does not elide nullness for maps marked with BPF_F_INNER_MAP.

Risk Assessment

Incorrect nullness elision could lead to NULL pointer dereference, causing system crash or potentially enabling privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that does not elide lookup result nullness for maps with the BPF_F_INNER_MAP flag.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Keep dynamic inner array lookups nullable An ARRAY_OF_MAPS can use an array created with BPF_F_INNER_MAP as its inner map template. A concrete inner array with a different max_entries value can then replace the template. After a successful outer map lookup, the verifier represents the resulting map pointer using the inner map template. Const-key lookup nullness elision consequently uses the template max_entries even though the runtime helper uses the concrete inner map max_entries. Do not elide lookup result nullness for maps marked with BPF_F_INNER_MAP, because the template max_entries does not prove that the key is in bounds for the concrete runtime map.

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