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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53111" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-24T16:30:44.691Z" updatedAt: "2026-06-24T16:30:44.691Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53111" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53111.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53111" title: "bpf: test_run: Fix the null pointer dereference issue in bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: test_run: Fix the null pointer dereference issue in bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap\n\nThe bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap helper needs to access skb_dst(skb)-\u003edev to\ncalculate the needed headroom:\n\n\terr = skb_cow_head(skb,\n\t\t\t len + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(skb_dst(skb)-\u003edev));\n\nBut skb-\u003e_skb_refdst may not be initialized when the skb is set up by\nbpf_prog_test_run_skb function. Executing bpf_lwt_push_ip_encap function\nin this scenario will trigger null pointer dereference, causing a kernel\ncrash as Yinhao reported:\n\n[ 105.186365] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n[ 105.186382] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n[ 105.186388] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n[ 105.186393] PGD 121d3d067 P4D 121d3d067 PUD 106c83067 PMD 0\n[ 105.186404] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n[ 105.186412] CPU: 3 PID: 3250 Comm: poc Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.19.0-rc5 #1\n[ 105.186423] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\n[ 105.186427] RIP: 0010:bpf_lwt_push_ip_encap+0x1eb/0x520\n[ 105.186443] Code: 0f 84 de 01 00 00 0f b7 4a 04 66 85 c9 0f 85 47 01 00 00 31 c0 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e c3 cc cc cc cc 48 8b 73 58 48 83 e6 fe \u003c48\u003e 8b 36 0f b7 be ec 00 00 00 0f b7 b6 e6 00 00 00 01 fe 83 e6 f0\n[ 105.186449] RSP: 0018:ffffbb0e0387bc50 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[ 105.186455] RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: ffff94c74e036500 RCX: ffff94c74874da00\n[ 105.186460] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff94c74e036500\n[ 105.186463] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000\n[ 105.186467] R10: ffffbb0e0387bd50 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffbb0e0387bc98\n[ 105.186471] R13: 0000000000000014 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000002\n[ 105.186484] FS: 00007f166aa4d680(0000) GS:ffff94c8b7780000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 105.186490] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 105.186494] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000015eade001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0\n[ 105.186499] PKRU: 55555554\n[ 105.186502] Call Trace:\n[ 105.186507] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 105.186513] bpf_lwt_xmit_push_encap+0x2b/0x40\n[ 105.186522] bpf_prog_a75eaad51e517912+0x41/0x49\n[ 105.186536] ? kvm_clock_get_cycles+0x18/0x30\n[ 105.186547] ? ktime_get+0x3c/0xa0\n[ 105.186554] bpf_test_run+0x195/0x320\n[ 105.186563] ? bpf_test_run+0x10f/0x320\n[ 105.186579] bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0x2f5/0x4f0\n[ 105.186590] __sys_bpf+0x69c/0xa40\n[ 105.186603] __x64_sys_bpf+0x1e/0x30\n[ 105.186611] do_syscall_64+0x59/0x110\n[ 105.186620] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0\n[ 105.186649] RIP: 0033:0x7f166a97455d\n\nTemporarily add the setting of skb-\u003e_skb_refdst before bpf_test_run to resolve the issue." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"52f278774e796a553be0c869dcaaee6f259ca795","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5c8d1f91fc4898d79f29d79c1a6f7c2b3ee66fb0"},{"version":"52f278774e796a553be0c869dcaaee6f259ca795","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c7ad31fb948fdd4905263f4324160682c3fa7bc6"},{"version":"52f278774e796a553be0c869dcaaee6f259ca795","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"599905c3f10bb83e6e6881d5a7f5cea5df07dc23"},{"version":"52f278774e796a553be0c869dcaaee6f259ca795","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5500913516e071dbe23e5a404c861dd2d82c9589"},{"version":"52f278774e796a553be0c869dcaaee6f259ca795","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"94f95328b9070909b5b875c647b17a11d3d85567"},{"version":"52f278774e796a553be0c869dcaaee6f259ca795","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"972787479ee73006fddb5e59ab5c8e733810ff42"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.1"},{"version":"6.1.175","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.141","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.91","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.33","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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