Bug 2541251 (CVE-2026-98075) - CVE-2026-98075 kernel: bpf: reject BPF_PSEUDO_FUNC reference to the main program
Summary: CVE-2026-98075 kernel: bpf: reject BPF_PSEUDO_FUNC reference to the main program
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98075
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-09-25 11:10 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 01:26 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 11:10:31 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: reject BPF_PSEUDO_FUNC reference to the main program

fixups.c:jit_subprogs() rewrites BPF_PSEUDO_FUNC loads to contain real
function addresses. This function is invoked from bpf_jit_subprogs()
only when env->subprog_cnt > 1. Meaning that for any program like
below:

  int main(void *ctx) {
    void *ptr = main;
    ...
    bpf_timer_set_callback(..., ptr);
    ...
  }

The 'ptr' won't be ever converted to contain an address.
In combination with e.g. bpf_timer_set_callback() this would lead to a
function call at a bogus address.

Instead of complicating the implementation, just assume that no useful
program needs main to be a sync or async callback and reject
BPF_PSEUDO_FUNC loads for the main subprogram.


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