CVE-2026-98134

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The bug occurs when two pointers are\ncompared and one of them has a type w/o PTR_MAYBE_NULL flag,\nbut which allows a value to be NULL at runtime.\nHere is an example:\n\n // `a` is PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_RDONLY | PTR_UNTRUSTED\n // `a` is 0 at runtime.\n // `b` is PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE | PTR_MAYBE_NULL\n void *a = bpf_rdonly_cast(0, 0);\n int *b = bpf_map_lookup_elem(...);\n\n if (a == b)\n *b = 42; // verifier does not catch null pointer dereference\n\nThis happens because of a special case in check_cond_jmp_op(),\nwhich attempts to strip PTR_MAYBE_NULL flags from pointer types,\nwhen processing comparisons like `rA == rB`, if either rA or rB can't\nbe null.\n\nThe non-null property is derived based on the absence of\nPTR_MAYBE_NULL flag on rA's or rB's type. But that is not sufficient\nfor types like PTR_TO_MEM, as in the example.\n\nThis patch replaces type_may_be_null() call with reg_not_null(),\nwhich contains an allowlist of types for which absence of\nPTR_MAYBE_NULL actually means that the value can't be NULL at runtime.\n\nAt the moment, the list in the reg_not_null() omits two types for\nwhich PTR_MAYBE_NULL is applicable: PTR_TO_XDP_SOCK and PTR_TO_BUF.\nIn order to remain backward compatible, and assuming that only\ncomparison between pointers of the same type makes sense,\nthis commit extends reg_not_null(). W/o such an extension e.g.\nverifier_jeq_infer_not_null/null_ptr_to_map_value fails.\n\nreg_not_null() can be extended further, but I deem that out of scope\nfor the fix at hand. Explicit base_type(...) != PTR_TO_BTF_ID\nchecks in the check_cond_jmp_op() can be removed with migration to\nreg_not_null(), but that is a behavioural change, as the special case\nwould start matching for PTR_TO_BTF_ID that is also is_trusted_reg().\nI omit the behavioural change from this commit."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["kernel/bpf/verifier.c"], "versions": [{"version": "befae75856ab406a3f3fab2aa2118cf3b2dfe3e6", "lessThan": "d51cd486930f5bcfd4b55d55ab8e47b03f93d2ed", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "befae75856ab406a3f3fab2aa2118cf3b2dfe3e6", "lessThan": "dfd8f8adda565e08c370c45cf9d6b2511ba9b5c6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "befae75856ab406a3f3fab2aa2118cf3b2dfe3e6", "lessThan": "9bf96b4347f541604b3caadeabda0773d9ceaf2a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "befae75856ab406a3f3fab2aa2118cf3b2dfe3e6", "lessThan": "b55c9f019e169ed0d01394f96e172286a8b21b99", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "befae75856ab406a3f3fab2aa2118cf3b2dfe3e6", "lessThan": "d3ef6c097ba078e1f8c7239d76a0ce8b61e75095", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["kernel/bpf/verifier.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.2", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.114", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.57", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.114"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.57"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.7"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d51cd486930f5bcfd4b55d55ab8e47b03f93d2ed"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd8f8adda565e08c370c45cf9d6b2511ba9b5c6"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bf96b4347f541604b3caadeabda0773d9ceaf2a"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b55c9f019e169ed0d01394f96e172286a8b21b99"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3ef6c097ba078e1f8c7239d76a0ce8b61e75095"}], "title": "bpf: check_cond_jmp_op(): properly infer if register is null", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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The bug occurs when two pointers are\ncompared and one of them has a type w/o PTR_MAYBE_NULL flag,\nbut which allows a value to be NULL at runtime.\nHere is an example:\n\n // `a` is PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_RDONLY | PTR_UNTRUSTED\n // `a` is 0 at runtime.\n // `b` is PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE | PTR_MAYBE_NULL\n void *a = bpf_rdonly_cast(0, 0);\n int *b = bpf_map_lookup_elem(...);\n\n if (a == b)\n *b = 42; // verifier does not catch null pointer dereference\n\nThis happens because of a special case in check_cond_jmp_op(),\nwhich attempts to strip PTR_MAYBE_NULL flags from pointer types,\nwhen processing comparisons like `rA == rB`, if either rA or rB can't\nbe null.\n\nThe non-null property is derived based on the absence of\nPTR_MAYBE_NULL flag on rA's or rB's type. 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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: bpf: check_cond_jmp_op(): properly infer if register is null", "id": "2541352", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541352"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-476", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nbpf: check_cond_jmp_op(): properly infer if register is null\nNicholas Carlini reported a bug when verifier can incorrectly infer\nthat a pointer is non-null. The bug occurs when two pointers are\ncompared and one of them has a type w/o PTR_MAYBE_NULL flag,\nbut which allows a value to be NULL at runtime.\nHere is an example:\n// `a` is PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_RDONLY | PTR_UNTRUSTED\n// `a` is 0 at runtime.\n// `b` is PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE | PTR_MAYBE_NULL\nvoid *a = bpf_rdonly_cast(0, 0);\nint *b = bpf_map_lookup_elem(...);\nif (a == b)\n*b = 42; // verifier does not catch null pointer dereference\nThis happens because of a special case in check_cond_jmp_op(),\nwhich attempts to strip PTR_MAYBE_NULL flags from pointer types,\nwhen processing comparisons like `rA == rB`, if either rA or rB can't\nbe null.\nThe non-null property is derived based on the absence of\nPTR_MAYBE_NULL flag on rA's or rB's type. But that is not sufficient\nfor types like PTR_TO_MEM, as in the example.\nThis patch replaces type_may_be_null() call with reg_not_null(),\nwhich contains an allowlist of types for which absence of\nPTR_MAYBE_NULL actually means that the value can't be NULL at runtime.\nAt the moment, the list in the reg_not_null() omits two types for\nwhich PTR_MAYBE_NULL is applicable: PTR_TO_XDP_SOCK and PTR_TO_BUF.\nIn order to remain backward compatible, and assuming that only\ncomparison between pointers of the same type makes sense,\nthis commit extends reg_not_null(). W/o such an extension e.g.\nverifier_jeq_infer_not_null/null_ptr_to_map_value fails.\nreg_not_null() can be extended further, but I deem that out of scope\nfor the fix at hand. Explicit base_type(...) != PTR_TO_BTF_ID\nchecks in the check_cond_jmp_op() can be removed with migration to\nreg_not_null(), but that is a behavioural change, as the special case\nwould start matching for PTR_TO_BTF_ID that is also is_trusted_reg().\nI omit the behavioural change from this commit.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) verifier. During pointer register comparisons, the verifier can incorrectly deduce that a pointer cannot be null when it can actually be null at runtime. A local user with permissions to load BPF programs could exploit this flaw by submitting a crafted program, causing an unverified null pointer dereference that leads to a kernel crash and Denial of Service (DoS)."], "name": "CVE-2026-98134", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-09-25T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98134\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98134\nhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98134.mbox"], "threat_severity": "Low"}

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