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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-74335",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.885Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:58:27.148Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:17:26.885Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in bpf_task_from_vpid()\n\nbpf_task_from_vpid() looks up a task in the pid namespace of the\ncurrent task, via find_task_by_vpid():\n\n  find_task_by_vpid(vpid)\n    find_task_by_pid_ns(vpid, task_active_pid_ns(current))\n      find_pid_ns(nr, ns) -> idr_find(&ns->idr, nr)\n\ncgroup_skb programs run in softirq, which may interrupt a task that is\nitself in do_exit(). Once that task has passed\nexit_notify() -> release_task() -> __unhash_process(), its thread_pid is\ncleared, so task_active_pid_ns(current) returns NULL and find_pid_ns()\ndereferences &NULL->idr:\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000050\n  RIP: 0010:idr_find+0x11/0x30 lib/idr.c:176\n  Call Trace:\n   <IRQ>\n   find_pid_ns kernel/pid.c:370 [inline]\n   find_task_by_pid_ns+0x3b/0xe0 kernel/pid.c:485\n   bpf_task_from_vpid+0x5b/0x200 kernel/bpf/helpers.c:2916\n   bpf_prog_run_array_cg+0x17e/0x530 kernel/bpf/cgroup.c:81\n   __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_skb+0x12b/0x250 kernel/bpf/cgroup.c:1612\n   sk_filter_trim_cap+0x1dc/0x4c0 net/core/filter.c:148\n   tcp_v4_rcv+0x18d1/0x2200 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2223\n   </IRQ>\n   <TASK>\n   do_exit+0xa63/0x1270 kernel/exit.c:1010\n   get_signal+0x141c/0x1530 kernel/signal.c:3037\n\nBail out when current has no pid namespace."
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7474f4432dd9559ada03b01a8cd3472cd02c61d"
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