CVE-2026-45951

high

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)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eac65c272f3b49021a843cba5107d63627395e0e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccd2d799ed4467c07f5ee18c2f5c59bcc990822c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ff46ffeecdb1802d6e26183177935b948a12e7f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-27

Updated: 2026-05-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017