CVE-2026-92515
bpf: Preserve unique-field state across nested structs
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 16, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Preserve unique-field state across nested structs
btf_find_struct_field() initializes a fresh seen mask for every recursive descent. Unique special fields in different levels of the same aggregate therefore do not see one another. The duplicate fields can reach btf_parse_fields(), where they trigger an invariant WARN_ON_ONCE(). A crafted user BTF can consequently trigger the warning before map creation checks capabilities.
Initialize the seen mask once in btf_find_field() and pass the same pointer through struct, datasec, and nested-struct walks. This gives the entire field traversal one shared uniqueness state.
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Weaknesses
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Affected Products
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LinuxLinux |
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