In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/secretmem: fix NULL page->mapping dereference in page_is_secretmem()
Check for a NULL page->mapping before dereferencing the mapping in
page_is_secretmem(), as the page's mapping can be nullified while gup()
is running, e.g. by reclaim or truncation.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000068
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 6 PID: 4173897 Comm: CPU 3/KVM Tainted: G W
RIP: 0010:internal_get_user_pages_fast+0x621/0x9d0
Code: <48> 81 7a 68 80 08 04 bc 0f 85 21 ff ff 8 89 c7 be
RSP: 0018:ffffaa90087679b0 EFLAGS: 00010046
RAX: ffffe3f37905b900 RBX: 00007f2dd561e000 RCX: ffffe3f37905b934
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffe3f37905b900
...
CR2: 0000000000000068 CR3: 00000004c5898003 CR4: 00000000001726e0
Call Trace:
get_user_pages_fast_only+0x13/0x20
hva_to_pfn+0xa9/0x3e0
try_async_pf+0xa1/0x270
direct_page_fault+0x113/0xad0
kvm_mmu_page_fault+0x69/0x680
vmx_handle_exit+0xe1/0x5d0
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0xd81/0x1c70
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x267/0x670
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x83/0xa0
do_syscall_64+0x56/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
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