In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/page_owner: use strscpy() instead of strlcpy()
current->comm[] is not a string (no guarantee for a zero byte in it).
strlcpy(s1, s2, l) is calling strlen(s2), potentially
causing out-of-bound access, as reported by syzbot:
detected buffer overflow in __fortify_strlen
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kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:980!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
CPU: 0 PID: 4087 Comm: dhcpcd-run-hooks Not tainted 5.18.0-rc3-syzkaller-01537-g20b87e7c29df #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:fortify_panic+0x18/0x1a lib/string_helpers.c:980
Code: 8c e8 c5 ba e1 fa e9 23 0f bf fa e8 0b 5d 8c f8 eb db 55 48 89 fd e8 e0 49 40 f8 48 89 ee 48 c7 c7 80 f5 26 8a e8 99 09 f1 ff <0f> 0b e8 ca 49 40 f8 48 8b 54 24 18 4c 89 f1 48 c7 c7 00 00 27 8a
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000074a8 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 000000000000002c RBX: ffff88801226b728 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff8880198e0000 RSI: ffffffff81600458 RDI: fffff52000000e87
RBP: ffffffff89da2aa0 R08: 000000000000002c R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffffffff815fae2e R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88801226b700
R13: ffff8880198e0830 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f5876ad6ff8 CR3: 000000001a48c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
__fortify_strlen include/linux/fortify-string.h:128 [inline]
strlcpy include/linux/fortify-string.h:143 [inline]
__set_page_owner_handle+0x2b1/0x3e0 mm/page_owner.c:171
__set_page_owner+0x3e/0x50 mm/page_owner.c:190
prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2441 [inline]
get_page_from_freelist+0xba2/0x3e00 mm/page_alloc.c:4182
__alloc_pages+0x1b2/0x500 mm/page_alloc.c:5408
alloc_pages+0x1aa/0x310 mm/mempolicy.c:2272
alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:1799 [inline]
allocate_slab+0x26c/0x3c0 mm/slub.c:1944
new_slab mm/slub.c:2004 [inline]
___slab_alloc+0x8df/0xf20 mm/slub.c:3005
__slab_alloc.constprop.0+0x4d/0xa0 mm/slub.c:3092
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3183 [inline]
slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3225 [inline]
__kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3232 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc+0x360/0x3b0 mm/slub.c:3242
dst_alloc+0x146/0x1f0 net/core/dst.c:92
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 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 (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from 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's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” 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