In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ata: ahci: Match EM_MAX_SLOTS with SATA_PMP_MAX_PORTS
UBSAN complains about array-index-out-of-bounds:
[ 1.980703] kernel: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in /build/linux-9H675w/linux-5.15.0/drivers/ata/libahci.c:968:41
[ 1.980709] kernel: index 15 is out of range for type 'ahci_em_priv [8]'
[ 1.980713] kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 209 Comm: scsi_eh_8 Not tainted 5.15.0-25-generic #25-Ubuntu
[ 1.980716] kernel: Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/P5Q3, BIOS 1102 06/11/2010
[ 1.980718] kernel: Call Trace:
[ 1.980721] kernel:
[ 1.980723] kernel: show_stack+0x52/0x58
[ 1.980729] kernel: dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x5f
[ 1.980734] kernel: dump_stack+0x10/0x12
[ 1.980736] kernel: ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x45
[ 1.980739] kernel: __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x44/0x49
[ 1.980742] kernel: ahci_qc_issue+0x166/0x170 [libahci]
[ 1.980748] kernel: ata_qc_issue+0x135/0x240
[ 1.980752] kernel: ata_exec_internal_sg+0x2c4/0x580
[ 1.980754] kernel: ? vprintk_default+0x1d/0x20
[ 1.980759] kernel: ata_exec_internal+0x67/0xa0
[ 1.980762] kernel: sata_pmp_read+0x8d/0xc0
[ 1.980765] kernel: sata_pmp_read_gscr+0x3c/0x90
[ 1.980768] kernel: sata_pmp_attach+0x8b/0x310
[ 1.980771] kernel: ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach+0x28c/0x4b0
[ 1.980775] kernel: ata_eh_recover+0x6b6/0xb30
[ 1.980778] kernel: ? ahci_do_hardreset+0x180/0x180 [libahci]
[ 1.980783] kernel: ? ahci_stop_engine+0xb0/0xb0 [libahci]
[ 1.980787] kernel: ? ahci_do_softreset+0x290/0x290 [libahci]
[ 1.980792] kernel: ? trace_event_raw_event_ata_eh_link_autopsy_qc+0xe0/0xe0
[ 1.980795] kernel: sata_pmp_eh_recover.isra.0+0x214/0x560
[ 1.980799] kernel: sata_pmp_error_handler+0x23/0x40
[ 1.980802] kernel: ahci_error_handler+0x43/0x80 [libahci]
[ 1.980806] kernel: ata_scsi_port_error_handler+0x2b1/0x600
[ 1.980810] kernel: ata_scsi_error+0x9c/0xd0
[ 1.980813] kernel: scsi_error_handler+0xa1/0x180
[ 1.980817] kernel: ? scsi_unjam_host+0x1c0/0x1c0
[ 1.980820] kernel: kthread+0x12a/0x150
[ 1.980823] kernel: ? set_kthread_struct+0x50/0x50
[ 1.980826] kernel: ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[ 1.980831] kernel:
This happens because sata_pmp_init_links() initialize link->pmp up to
SATA_PMP_MAX_PORTS while em_priv is declared as 8 elements array.
I can't find the maximum Enclosure Management ports specified in AHCI
spec v1.3.1, but "12.2.1 LED message type" states that "Port Multiplier
Information" can utilize 4 bits, which implies it can support up to 16
ports. Hence, use SATA_PMP_MAX_PORTS as EM_MAX_SLOTS to resolve the
issue.
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1970074
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 2026-10-29). 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 (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (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)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 Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (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