{"cve":"CVE-2026-52938","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-24T08:16:24.073","modified":"2026-07-08T19:19:19.627","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in bpf_sk_storage_clone and diag paths\n\nbpf_selem_unlink_nofail() sets SDATA(selem)->smap to NULL before\nremoving the selem from the storage hlist. A concurrent RCU reader in\nbpf_sk_storage_clone() can observe the selem still on the list with\nsmap already NULL, causing a NULL pointer dereference.\n\n general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000a:\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000050-0x0000000000000057]\n RIP: 0010:bpf_sk_storage_clone+0x1cd/0xaa0 net/core/bpf_sk_storage.c:174\n Call Trace:\n  <IRQ>\n  sk_clone+0xfed/0x1980 net/core/sock.c:2591\n  inet_csk_clone_lock+0x30/0x760 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c:1222\n  tcp_create_openreq_child+0x35/0x2680 net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c:571\n  tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock+0x123/0xf90 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1729\n  tcp_check_req+0x8e1/0x2580 include/net/tcp.h:855\n  tcp_v4_rcv+0x1845/0x3b80 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2347\n\nAdd a NULL check for smap in bpf_sk_storage_clone().\n\nbpf_sk_storage_diag_put_all() has the same issue. Add a NULL check\nand pass the validated smap directly to diag_get(), which is refactored\nto take smap as a parameter instead of reading it internally.\n\nbpf_sk_storage_diag_put() uses diag->maps[i] which is always valid\nunder its refcount, so diag->maps[i] is passed directly to diag_get().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16af24fea29c209dea53595c99f6da9398548e1b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/375e4e33c18dfa05c5dfd5f3dfffeb29343dd4c7"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:41:17.107060303+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-52938","score":0.00143,"percentile":0.03614,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}