In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/hns: Fix NULL pointer problem in free_mr_init()
Lock grab occurs in a concurrent scenario, resulting in stepping on a NULL
pointer. It should be init mutex_init() first before use the lock.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
Call trace:
__mutex_lock.constprop.0+0xd0/0x5c0
__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x2c
mutex_lock+0x44/0x50
free_mr_send_cmd_to_hw+0x7c/0x1c0 [hns_roce_hw_v2]
hns_roce_v2_dereg_mr+0x30/0x40 [hns_roce_hw_v2]
hns_roce_dereg_mr+0x4c/0x130 [hns_roce_hw_v2]
ib_dereg_mr_user+0x54/0x124
uverbs_free_mr+0x24/0x30
destroy_hw_idr_uobject+0x38/0x74
uverbs_destroy_uobject+0x48/0x1c4
uobj_destroy+0x74/0xcc
ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x368/0xbb0
ib_uverbs_ioctl+0xec/0x1a4
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0x100
invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x58/0x190
do_el0_svc+0x30/0x90
el0_svc+0x2c/0xb4
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x1a4/0x1b0
el0t_64_sync+0x19c/0x1a0
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-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 2026-10-25). 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