In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: hci_qca: Fix driver shutdown on closed serdev
The driver shutdown callback (which sends EDL_SOC_RESET to the device
over serdev) should not be invoked when HCI device is not open (e.g. if
hci_dev_open_sync() failed), because the serdev and its TTY are not open
either. Also skip this step if device is powered off
(qca_power_shutdown()).
The shutdown callback causes use-after-free during system reboot with
Qualcomm Atheros Bluetooth:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
0072662f67726fd7
...
CPU: 6 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Tainted: G W
6.1.0-rt5-00325-g8a5f56bcfcca #8
Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT)
Call trace:
tty_driver_flush_buffer+0x4/0x30
serdev_device_write_flush+0x24/0x34
qca_serdev_shutdown+0x80/0x130 [hci_uart]
device_shutdown+0x15c/0x260
kernel_restart+0x48/0xac
KASAN report:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in tty_driver_flush_buffer+0x1c/0x50
Read of size 8 at addr ffff16270c2e0018 by task systemd-shutdow/1
CPU: 7 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Not tainted
6.1.0-next-20221220-00014-gb85aaf97fb01-dirty #28
Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT)
Call trace:
dump_backtrace.part.0+0xdc/0xf0
show_stack+0x18/0x30
dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84
print_report+0x188/0x488
kasan_report+0xa4/0xf0
__asan_load8+0x80/0xac
tty_driver_flush_buffer+0x1c/0x50
ttyport_write_flush+0x34/0x44
serdev_device_write_flush+0x48/0x60
qca_serdev_shutdown+0x124/0x274
device_shutdown+0x1e8/0x350
kernel_restart+0x48/0xb0
__do_sys_reboot+0x244/0x2d0
__arm64_sys_reboot+0x54/0x70
invoke_syscall+0x60/0x190
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x160
do_el0_svc+0x44/0xf0
el0_svc+0x2c/0x6c
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xbc/0x140
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
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