Bug 2541227 (CVE-2026-98063) - CVE-2026-98063 kernel: bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref in btf_var_show()
Summary: CVE-2026-98063 kernel: bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref in btf_var_show()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98063
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 11:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 00:25 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 11:05:54 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix NULL-ptr-deref in btf_var_show()

btf_var_show() calls btf_type_id_resolve() unconditionally, which
dereferences btf->resolved_ids. That is NULL for a base BTF - e.g. the
vmlinux BTF that bpf_snprintf_btf() renders against - since base BTF is
not resolved during parsing. btf_modifier_show() guards this with
'if (btf->resolved_ids)', but btf_var_show() does not.

A BPF program that passes the type_id of a BTF_KIND_VAR from the vmlinux
BTF to bpf_snprintf_btf() thus NULL-derefs:

KASAN: probably user-memory-access in range [0x46638-0x4663f]
RIP: 0010:btf_var_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:2929)
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 btf_type_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:8259)
 btf_type_snprintf_show (kernel/bpf/btf.c:8329)
 bpf_snprintf_btf (kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c:1047)
 bpf_prog_test_run_raw_tp (net/bpf/test_run.c:829)
 __sys_bpf (kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4804)
 do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84)
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
 </TASK>

Resolve the var's type directly with btf_type_skip_modifiers() when
resolved_ids is NULL, mirroring btf_modifier_show().


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