In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: core: Fix a use-after-free
There are two .exit_cmd_priv implementations. Both implementations use
resources associated with the SCSI host. Make sure that these resources are
still available when .exit_cmd_priv is called by waiting inside
scsi_remove_host() until the tag set has been freed.
This commit fixes the following use-after-free:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in srp_exit_cmd_priv+0x27/0xd0 [ib_srp]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888100337000 by task multipathd/16727
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44
print_report.cold+0x5e/0x5db
kasan_report+0xab/0x120
srp_exit_cmd_priv+0x27/0xd0 [ib_srp]
scsi_mq_exit_request+0x4d/0x70
blk_mq_free_rqs+0x143/0x410
__blk_mq_free_map_and_rqs+0x6e/0x100
blk_mq_free_tag_set+0x2b/0x160
scsi_host_dev_release+0xf3/0x1a0
device_release+0x54/0xe0
kobject_put+0xa5/0x120
device_release+0x54/0xe0
kobject_put+0xa5/0x120
scsi_device_dev_release_usercontext+0x4c1/0x4e0
execute_in_process_context+0x23/0x90
device_release+0x54/0xe0
kobject_put+0xa5/0x120
scsi_disk_release+0x3f/0x50
device_release+0x54/0xe0
kobject_put+0xa5/0x120
disk_release+0x17f/0x1b0
device_release+0x54/0xe0
kobject_put+0xa5/0x120
dm_put_table_device+0xa3/0x160 [dm_mod]
dm_put_device+0xd0/0x140 [dm_mod]
free_priority_group+0xd8/0x110 [dm_multipath]
free_multipath+0x94/0xe0 [dm_multipath]
dm_table_destroy+0xa2/0x1e0 [dm_mod]
__dm_destroy+0x196/0x350 [dm_mod]
dev_remove+0x10c/0x160 [dm_mod]
ctl_ioctl+0x2c2/0x590 [dm_mod]
dm_ctl_ioctl+0x5/0x10 [dm_mod]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0xf0
dm_ctl_ioctl+0x5/0x10 [dm_mod]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.4): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.4 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.8% 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 low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 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 low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (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)14 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 total (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