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CVE-2026-45951

HIGH SEVERITY

CVSS Score & Metrics

Base Score
7.8 / 10
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free of BTF object

Refcounting in the check_pseudo_btf_id() function is incorrect:
the __check_pseudo_btf_id() function might get called with a zero
refcounted btf. Fix this, and patch related code accordingly.

v3: rephrase a comment (AI)
v2: fix a refcount leak introduced in v1 (AI)

Vulnerability Details

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Last Modified
Source
NVD
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux

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