In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tty: serial: qcom-geni-serial: fix slab-out-of-bounds on RX FIFO buffer
Driver's probe allocates memory for RX FIFO (port->rx_fifo) based on
default RX FIFO depth, e.g. 16. Later during serial startup the
qcom_geni_serial_port_setup() updates the RX FIFO depth
(port->rx_fifo_depth) to match real device capabilities, e.g. to 32.
The RX UART handle code will read "port->rx_fifo_depth" number of words
into "port->rx_fifo" buffer, thus exceeding the bounds. This can be
observed in certain configurations with Qualcomm Bluetooth HCI UART
device and KASAN:
Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Product ID :0x00000010
Bluetooth: hci0: QCA SOC Version :0x400a0200
Bluetooth: hci0: QCA ROM Version :0x00000200
Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Patch Version:0x00000d2b
Bluetooth: hci0: QCA controller version 0x02000200
Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Downloading qca/htbtfw20.tlv
bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for qca/htbtfw20.tlv failed with error -2
Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Failed to request file: qca/htbtfw20.tlv (-2)
Bluetooth: hci0: QCA Failed to download patch (-2)
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BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in handle_rx_uart+0xa8/0x18c
Write of size 4 at addr ffff279347d578c0 by task swapper/0/0
CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rt5-00350-gb2450b7e00be-dirty #26
Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT)
Call trace:
dump_backtrace.part.0+0xe0/0xf0
show_stack+0x18/0x40
dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xb8
print_report+0x188/0x488
kasan_report+0xb4/0x100
__asan_store4+0x80/0xa4
handle_rx_uart+0xa8/0x18c
qcom_geni_serial_handle_rx+0x84/0x9c
qcom_geni_serial_isr+0x24c/0x760
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x108/0x500
handle_irq_event+0x6c/0x110
handle_fasteoi_irq+0x138/0x2cc
generic_handle_domain_irq+0x48/0x64
If the RX FIFO depth changes after probe, be sure to resize the buffer.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.3% 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