--- /dev/null
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <test_progs.h>
+#include "iter_buf_null_fail.skel.h"
+
+void test_iter_buf_null_fail(void)
+{
+ RUN_TESTS(iter_buf_null_fail);
+}
--- /dev/null
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright (c) 2026 Qi Tang */
+
+#include <vmlinux.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include "bpf_misc.h"
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
+
+/* Verify that the verifier rejects direct access to nullable PTR_TO_BUF. */
+SEC("iter/bpf_map_elem")
+__failure __msg("invalid mem access")
+int iter_buf_null_deref(struct bpf_iter__bpf_map_elem *ctx)
+{
+ /*
+ * ctx->key is PTR_TO_BUF | PTR_MAYBE_NULL | MEM_RDONLY.
+ * Direct access without null check must be rejected.
+ */
+ volatile __u32 v = *(__u32 *)ctx->key;
+
+ (void)v;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Verify that access after a null check is still accepted. */
+SEC("iter/bpf_map_elem")
+__success
+int iter_buf_null_check_ok(struct bpf_iter__bpf_map_elem *ctx)
+{
+ __u32 *key = ctx->key;
+
+ if (!key)
+ return 0;
+
+ volatile __u32 v = *key;
+
+ (void)v;
+ return 0;
+}