In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvmem: Fix shift-out-of-bound (UBSAN) with byte size cells
If a cell has 'nbits' equal to a multiple of BITS_PER_BYTE the logic
*p &= GENMASK((cell->nbits%BITS_PER_BYTE) - 1, 0);
will become undefined behavior because nbits modulo BITS_PER_BYTE is 0, and we
subtract one from that making a large number that is then shifted more than the
number of bits that fit into an unsigned long.
UBSAN reports this problem:
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/nvmem/core.c:1386:8
shift exponent 64 is too large for 64-bit type 'unsigned long'
CPU: 6 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc3+ #9
Hardware name: Google Lazor (rev3+) with KB Backlight (DT)
Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x170
show_stack+0x24/0x30
dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x7c
dump_stack+0x18/0x38
ubsan_epilogue+0x10/0x54
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x180/0x194
__nvmem_cell_read+0x1ec/0x21c
nvmem_cell_read+0x58/0x94
nvmem_cell_read_variable_common+0x4c/0xb0
nvmem_cell_read_variable_le_u32+0x40/0x100
a6xx_gpu_init+0x170/0x2f4
adreno_bind+0x174/0x284
component_bind_all+0xf0/0x264
msm_drm_bind+0x1d8/0x7a0
try_to_bring_up_master+0x164/0x1ac
__component_add+0xbc/0x13c
component_add+0x20/0x2c
dp_display_probe+0x340/0x384
platform_probe+0xc0/0x100
really_probe+0x110/0x304
__driver_probe_device+0xb8/0x120
driver_probe_device+0x4c/0xfc
__device_attach_driver+0xb0/0x128
bus_for_each_drv+0x90/0xdc
__device_attach+0xc8/0x174
device_initial_probe+0x20/0x2c
bus_probe_device+0x40/0xa4
deferred_probe_work_func+0x7c/0xb8
process_one_work+0x128/0x21c
process_scheduled_works+0x40/0x54
worker_thread+0x1ec/0x2a8
kthread+0x138/0x158
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Fix it by making sure there are any bits to mask out.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-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 2026-10-28). 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