{
  "cveId": "CVE-2026-98065",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98065",
  "summary": "CVE-2026-98065 is fixed in linux on 1 platform by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98065 (version 7.2.7-1), released October 2, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  bpf: Reject key-less BTF for hash maps  map_chec...",
  "description": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  bpf: Reject key-less BTF for hash maps  map_check_btf() allows a key-less BTF (btf_key_type_id == 0) only for maps that have a -\u003Emap_check_btf callback, and leaves the actual decision to that callback. Hash maps used to have no -\u003Emap_check_btf, so a key-less BTF was rejected outright.  That changed when htab and rhtab gained a -\u003Emap_check_btf to register a dtor - htab in commit 1df97a7453ee (\u0022bpf: Register dtor for freeing special fields\u0022) and rhtab in commit 6905f8601298 (\u0022bpf: Allow special fields in resizable hashtab\u0022). Neither looks at the key, so a key-less hash map now passes map_check_btf() and gets created. Reading it back through bpffs feeds the key type_id 0 into btf_type_seq_show(); btf_type_by_id() returns the void type, kind_ops[BTF_KIND_UNKN] is NULL, and btf_type_show() dereferences it:  RIP: 0010:btf_type_show\u002B0x223/0x2e0 kernel/bpf/btf.c:8232 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000399f868 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000028 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffc9000399f970 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffff9b96b140 R13: ffffc9000399f8e0 R14: ffff88803d393c00 R15: 0000000000000003 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000200000000000 CR3: 000000003d213000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 DR0: 0000000039ae8f55 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace:  \u003CTASK\u003E  btf_type_seq_show_flags\u002B0xca/0x120 kernel/bpf/btf.c:8250  htab_map_seq_show_elem\u002B0x12e/0x350 kernel/bpf/hashtab.c:1669  map_seq_show\u002B0x13d/0x1e0 kernel/bpf/inode.c:293  traverse.part.0.constprop.0\u002B0x107/0x650 fs/seq_file.c:112  traverse fs/seq_file.c:99 [inline]  seq_read_iter\u002B0x93f/0x1270 fs/seq_file.c:196  seq_read\u002B0x344/0x4d0 fs/seq_file.c:163  vfs_read\u002B0x1e4/0xb40 fs/read_write.c:572  ksys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:764 [inline]  __do_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:772 [inline]  __se_sys_pread64 fs/read_write.c:769 [inline]  __x64_sys_pread64\u002B0x1eb/0x250 fs/read_write.c:769  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]  do_syscall_64\u002B0x123/0x790 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe\u002B0x77/0x7f  Reject a key-less BTF in htab_map_check_btf() and rhtab_map_check_btf(), restoring the previous behavior.",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:35Z",
  "severity": "",
  "epss": 0.00168,
  "epssPercentile": 0.06067,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "7.2.7-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98065",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-98065",
      "released": "2026-10-02T21:04:56Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T13:06:02Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}