{"id":"CVE-2026-45951","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-45951","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:11:20.759Z","title":"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…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix a potential use-after-free of BTF object\n\nRefcounting in the check_pseudo_btf_id() function is incorrect:\nthe __check_pseudo_btf_id() function might get called with a zero\nrefcounted btf. Fix this, and patch related code accordingly.\n\nv3: rephrase a comment (AI)\nv2: fix a refcount leak introduced in v1 (AI)","published":"2026-05-27T14:17:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:52:47.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00124,"percentile":0.02088,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ff46ffeecdb1802d6e26183177935b948a12e7f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccd2d799ed4467c07f5ee18c2f5c59bcc990822c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eac65c272f3b49021a843cba5107d63627395e0e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45951","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}