In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: copy last block omitted in ice_get_module_eeprom()
ice_get_module_eeprom() is broken since commit e9c9692c8a81 ("ice:
Reimplement module reads used by ethtool") In this refactor,
ice_get_module_eeprom() reads the eeprom in blocks of size 8.
But the condition that should protect the buffer overflow
ignores the last block. The last block always contains zeros.
Bug uncovered by ethtool upstream commit 9538f384b535
("netlink: eeprom: Defer page requests to individual parsers")
After this commit, ethtool reads a block with length = 1;
to read the SFF-8024 identifier value.
unpatched driver:
$ ethtool -m enp65s0f0np0 offset 0x90 length 8
Offset Values
------ ------
0x0090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
$ ethtool -m enp65s0f0np0 offset 0x90 length 12
Offset Values
------ ------
0x0090: 00 00 01 a0 4d 65 6c 6c 00 00 00 00
$
$ ethtool -m enp65s0f0np0
Offset Values
------ ------
0x0000: 11 06 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 08 00
0x0070: 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
patched driver:
$ ethtool -m enp65s0f0np0 offset 0x90 length 8
Offset Values
------ ------
0x0090: 00 00 01 a0 4d 65 6c 6c
$ ethtool -m enp65s0f0np0 offset 0x90 length 12
Offset Values
------ ------
0x0090: 00 00 01 a0 4d 65 6c 6c 61 6e 6f 78
$ ethtool -m enp65s0f0np0
Identifier : 0x11 (QSFP28)
Extended identifier : 0x00
Extended identifier description : 1.5W max. Power consumption
Extended identifier description : No CDR in TX, No CDR in RX
Extended identifier description : High Power Class (> 3.5 W) not enabled
Connector : 0x23 (No separable connector)
Transceiver codes : 0x88 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Transceiver type : 40G Ethernet: 40G Base-CR4
Transceiver type : 25G Ethernet: 25G Base-CR CA-N
Encoding : 0x05 (64B/66B)
BR, Nominal : 25500Mbps
Rate identifier : 0x00
Length (SMF,km) : 0km
Length (OM3 50um) : 0m
Length (OM2 50um) : 0m
Length (OM1 62.5um) : 0m
Length (Copper or Active cable) : 1m
Transmitter technology : 0xa0 (Copper cable unequalized)
Attenuation at 2.5GHz : 4db
Attenuation at 5.0GHz : 5db
Attenuation at 7.0GHz : 7db
Attenuation at 12.9GHz : 10db
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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 2026-10-27). 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