In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sata_fsl: fix UAF in sata_fsl_port_stop when rmmod sata_fsl
When the rmmod sata_fsl.ko command is executed in the PPC64 GNU/Linux,
a bug is reported:
==================================================================
BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on read at 0x80000800805b502c
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
NIP [c0000000000388a4] .ioread32+0x4/0x20
LR [80000000000c6034] .sata_fsl_port_stop+0x44/0xe0 [sata_fsl]
Call Trace:
.free_irq+0x1c/0x4e0 (unreliable)
.ata_host_stop+0x74/0xd0 [libata]
.release_nodes+0x330/0x3f0
.device_release_driver_internal+0x178/0x2c0
.driver_detach+0x64/0xd0
.bus_remove_driver+0x70/0xf0
.driver_unregister+0x38/0x80
.platform_driver_unregister+0x14/0x30
.fsl_sata_driver_exit+0x18/0xa20 [sata_fsl]
.__se_sys_delete_module+0x1ec/0x2d0
.system_call_exception+0xfc/0x1f0
system_call_common+0xf8/0x200
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The triggering of the BUG is shown in the following stack:
driver_detach
device_release_driver_internal
__device_release_driver
drv->remove(dev) --> platform_drv_remove/platform_remove
drv->remove(dev) --> sata_fsl_remove
iounmap(host_priv->hcr_base); <---- unmap
kfree(host_priv); <---- free
devres_release_all
release_nodes
dr->node.release(dev, dr->data) --> ata_host_stop
ap->ops->port_stop(ap) --> sata_fsl_port_stop
ioread32(hcr_base + HCONTROL) <---- UAF
host->ops->host_stop(host)
The iounmap(host_priv->hcr_base) and kfree(host_priv) functions should
not be executed in drv->remove. These functions should be executed in
host_stop after port_stop. Therefore, we move these functions to the
new function sata_fsl_host_stop and bind the new function to host_stop.
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.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-27). 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