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CVE-2025-39990

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2025-10-15 Modified: 2026-07-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check the helper function is valid in get_helper_proto kernel test robot reported verifier bug [1] where the helper func pointer could be NULL due to disabled config option. As Alexei suggested we could check on that in get_helper_proto directly. Marking tail_call helper func with BPF_PTR_POISON, because it is unused by design. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/[email protected]

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

Unknown

References