Bug 2541194 (CVE-2026-98033) - CVE-2026-98033 kernel: bpf: Preserve inner map identity in callback frames
Summary: CVE-2026-98033 kernel: bpf: Preserve inner map identity in callback frames
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98033
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 10:57 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 22:11 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:57:42 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Preserve inner map identity in callback frames

Callback frame constructors initialize map-typed argument registers with
__mark_reg_known_zero() and then restore map_ptr. This clears map_uid,
which is the only field distinguishing inner maps that share an
inner_map_meta template.

When a timer callback invokes bpf_for_each_map_elem() on a second inner
map, both the saved first map and the second map value can reach the nested
callback as the same template with map_uid zero. bpf_timer_init() then
accepts pairing the timer from the second map with the first map.

The runtime records the first map in the timer without taking a reference.
Freeing that map does not find the timer stored in the second map, so a
later timer callback dereferences the freed map.

Copy map_uid from the same caller register as map_ptr when constructing
for-each, timer/workqueue, and task-work callback arguments. The existing
identity check can then reject mismatched inner maps while allowing a
callback value to be paired with its actual map.


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