In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/ipoib: Fix warning caused by destroying non-initial netns
After the commit 5ce2dced8e95 ("RDMA/ipoib: Set rtnl_link_ops for ipoib
interfaces"), if the IPoIB device is moved to non-initial netns,
destroying that netns lets the device vanish instead of moving it back to
the initial netns, This is happening because default_device_exit() skips
the interfaces due to having rtnl_link_ops set.
Steps to reporoduce:
ip netns add foo
ip link set mlx5_ib0 netns foo
ip netns delete foo
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 704 at net/core/dev.c:11435 netdev_exit+0x3f/0x50
Modules linked in: xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT
nf_reject_ipv4 nft_compat nft_counter nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables nfnetlink tun d
fuse
CPU: 1 PID: 704 Comm: kworker/u64:3 Tainted: G S W 5.13.0-rc1+ #1
Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R630/02C2CP, BIOS 2.1.5 04/11/2016
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
RIP: 0010:netdev_exit+0x3f/0x50
Code: 48 8b bb 30 01 00 00 e8 ef 81 b1 ff 48 81 fb c0 3a 54 a1 74 13 48
8b 83 90 00 00 00 48 81 c3 90 00 00 00 48 39 d8 75 02 5b c3 <0f> 0b 5b
c3 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 0f 1f 44 00
RSP: 0018:ffffb297079d7e08 EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: ffff8eb542c00040 RBX: ffff8eb541333150 RCX: 000000008010000d
RDX: 000000008010000e RSI: 000000008010000d RDI: ffff8eb440042c00
RBP: ffffb297079d7e48 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffff9fdeac00
R10: ffff8eb5003be000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffffa1545620
R13: ffffffffa1545628 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffffa1543b20
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8ed37fa00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005601b5f4c2e8 CR3: 0000001fc8c10002 CR4: 00000000003706e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
ops_exit_list.isra.9+0x36/0x70
cleanup_net+0x234/0x390
process_one_work+0x1cb/0x360
? process_one_work+0x360/0x360
worker_thread+0x30/0x370
? process_one_work+0x360/0x360
kthread+0x116/0x130
? kthread_park+0x80/0x80
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
To avoid the above warning and later on the kernel panic that could happen
on shutdown due to a NULL pointer dereference, make sure to set the
netns_refund flag that was introduced by commit 3a5ca857079e ("can: dev:
Move device back to init netns on owning netns delete") to properly
restore the IPoIB interfaces to the initial netns.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it