In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
skmsg: pass gfp argument to alloc_sk_msg()
syzbot found that alloc_sk_msg() could be called from a
non sleepable context. sk_psock_verdict_recv() uses
rcu_read_lock() protection.
We need the callers to pass a gfp_t argument to avoid issues.
syzbot report was:
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at include/linux/sched/mm.h:274
in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 3613, name: syz-executor414
preempt_count: 0, expected: 0
RCU nest depth: 1, expected: 0
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
CPU: 0 PID: 3613 Comm: syz-executor414 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-09589-g55be6084c8e0 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x1e3/0x2cb lib/dump_stack.c:106
__might_resched+0x538/0x6a0 kernel/sched/core.c:9877
might_alloc include/linux/sched/mm.h:274 [inline]
slab_pre_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:700 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3162 [inline]
slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3256 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x59/0x310 mm/slub.c:3287
kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:600 [inline]
kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:733 [inline]
alloc_sk_msg net/core/skmsg.c:507 [inline]
sk_psock_skb_ingress_self+0x5c/0x330 net/core/skmsg.c:600
sk_psock_verdict_apply+0x395/0x440 net/core/skmsg.c:1014
sk_psock_verdict_recv+0x34d/0x560 net/core/skmsg.c:1201
tcp_read_skb+0x4a1/0x790 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1770
tcp_rcv_established+0x129d/0x1a10 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5971
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x479/0xac0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1681
sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1109 [inline]
__release_sock+0x1d8/0x4c0 net/core/sock.c:2906
release_sock+0x5d/0x1c0 net/core/sock.c:3462
tcp_sendmsg+0x36/0x40 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1483
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline]
__sys_sendto+0x46d/0x5f0 net/socket.c:2117
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2129 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2125 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendto+0xda/0xf0 net/socket.c:2125
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
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
- 0.4% 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