In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: i2c: max9286: fix kernel oops when removing module
When removing the max9286 module we get a kernel oops:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 000000aa00000094
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x96000004
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
CM = 0, WnR = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000880d85000
[000000aa00000094] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in: fsl_jr_uio caam_jr rng_core libdes caamkeyblob_desc caamhash_desc caamalg_desc crypto_engine max9271 authenc crct10dif_ce mxc_jpeg_encdec
CPU: 2 PID: 713 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G C 5.15.5-00057-gaebcd29c8ed7-dirty #5
Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8QXP MEK (DT)
pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : i2c_mux_del_adapters+0x24/0xf0
lr : max9286_remove+0x28/0xd0 [max9286]
sp : ffff800013a9bbf0
x29: ffff800013a9bbf0 x28: ffff00080b6da940 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: ffff000801a5b970 x22: ffff0008048b0890 x21: ffff800009297000
x20: ffff0008048b0f70 x19: 000000aa00000064 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000014 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: ffff000802da49e8
x11: ffff000802051918 x10: ffff000802da4920 x9 : ffff000800030098
x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x6 : fefefeff6364626d
x5 : 8080808000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : ffffffffffffffff x1 : ffff00080b6da940 x0 : 0000000000000000
Call trace:
i2c_mux_del_adapters+0x24/0xf0
max9286_remove+0x28/0xd0 [max9286]
i2c_device_remove+0x40/0x110
__device_release_driver+0x188/0x234
driver_detach+0xc4/0x150
bus_remove_driver+0x60/0xe0
driver_unregister+0x34/0x64
i2c_del_driver+0x58/0xa0
max9286_i2c_driver_exit+0x1c/0x490 [max9286]
__arm64_sys_delete_module+0x194/0x260
invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xd4/0xfc
do_el0_svc+0x2c/0x94
el0_svc+0x28/0x80
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa8/0x130
el0t_64_sync+0x1a0/0x1a4
The Oops happens because the I2C client data does not point to
max9286_priv anymore but to v4l2_subdev. The change happened in
max9286_init() which calls v4l2_i2c_subdev_init() later on...
Besides fixing the max9286_remove() function, remove the call to
i2c_set_clientdata() in max9286_probe(), to avoid confusion, and make
the necessary changes to max9286_init() so that it doesn't have to use
i2c_get_clientdata() in order to fetch the pointer to priv.
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