In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i40e: Fix queues reservation for XDP
When XDP was configured on a system with large number of CPUs
and X722 NIC there was a call trace with NULL pointer dereference.
i40e 0000:87:00.0: failed to get tracking for 256 queues for VSI 0 err -12
i40e 0000:87:00.0: setup of MAIN VSI failed
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
RIP: 0010:i40e_xdp+0xea/0x1b0 [i40e]
Call Trace:
? i40e_reconfig_rss_queues+0x130/0x130 [i40e]
dev_xdp_install+0x61/0xe0
dev_xdp_attach+0x18a/0x4c0
dev_change_xdp_fd+0x1e6/0x220
do_setlink+0x616/0x1030
? ahci_port_stop+0x80/0x80
? ata_qc_issue+0x107/0x1e0
? lock_timer_base+0x61/0x80
? __mod_timer+0x202/0x380
rtnl_setlink+0xe5/0x170
? bpf_lsm_binder_transaction+0x10/0x10
? security_capable+0x36/0x50
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x121/0x350
? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x100/0x100
netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0xf0
netlink_unicast+0x1d3/0x2a0
netlink_sendmsg+0x22a/0x440
sock_sendmsg+0x5e/0x60
__sys_sendto+0xf0/0x160
? __sys_getsockname+0x7e/0xc0
? _copy_from_user+0x3c/0x80
? __sys_setsockopt+0xc8/0x1a0
__x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7f83fa7a39e0
This was caused by PF queue pile fragmentation due to
flow director VSI queue being placed right after main VSI.
Because of this main VSI was not able to resize its
queue allocation for XDP resulting in no queues allocated
for main VSI when XDP was turned on.
Fix this by always allocating last queue in PF queue pile
for a flow director VSI.
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