Bug 2468100 (CVE-2026-43306)

Summary: CVE-2026-43306 kernel: bpf: crypto: Use the correct destructor kfunc type
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) crypto component. A local attacker, by running a specially crafted BPF program, could trigger a type mismatch in function pointers when Control Flow Integrity (CFI) is enabled. This can lead to a kernel internal error, resulting in a system crash and a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 14:04:30 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: crypto: Use the correct destructor kfunc type

With CONFIG_CFI enabled, the kernel strictly enforces that indirect
function calls use a function pointer type that matches the target
function. I ran into the following type mismatch when running BPF
self-tests:

  CFI failure at bpf_obj_free_fields+0x190/0x238 (target:
    bpf_crypto_ctx_release+0x0/0x94; expected type: 0xa488ebfc)
  Internal error: Oops - CFI: 00000000f2008228 [#1]  SMP
  ...

As bpf_crypto_ctx_release() is also used in BPF programs and using
a void pointer as the argument would make the verifier unhappy, add
a simple stub function with the correct type and register it as the
destructor kfunc instead.