In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: Fix use-after-free in pci_bus_release_domain_nr()
Commit c14f7ccc9f5d ("PCI: Assign PCI domain IDs by ida_alloc()")
introduced a use-after-free bug in the bus removal cleanup. The issue was
found with kfence:
[ 19.293351] BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in pci_bus_release_domain_nr+0x10/0x70
[ 19.302817] Use-after-free read at 0x000000007f3b80eb (in kfence-#115):
[ 19.309677] pci_bus_release_domain_nr+0x10/0x70
[ 19.309691] dw_pcie_host_deinit+0x28/0x78
[ 19.309702] tegra_pcie_deinit_controller+0x1c/0x38 [pcie_tegra194]
[ 19.309734] tegra_pcie_dw_probe+0x648/0xb28 [pcie_tegra194]
[ 19.309752] platform_probe+0x90/0xd8
...
[ 19.311457] kfence-#115: 0x00000000063a155a-0x00000000ba698da8, size=1072, cache=kmalloc-2k
[ 19.311469] allocated by task 96 on cpu 10 at 19.279323s:
[ 19.311562] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x260/0x278
[ 19.311571] kmalloc_trace+0x24/0x30
[ 19.311580] pci_alloc_bus+0x24/0xa0
[ 19.311590] pci_register_host_bridge+0x48/0x4b8
[ 19.311601] pci_scan_root_bus_bridge+0xc0/0xe8
[ 19.311613] pci_host_probe+0x18/0xc0
[ 19.311623] dw_pcie_host_init+0x2c0/0x568
[ 19.311630] tegra_pcie_dw_probe+0x610/0xb28 [pcie_tegra194]
[ 19.311647] platform_probe+0x90/0xd8
...
[ 19.311782] freed by task 96 on cpu 10 at 19.285833s:
[ 19.311799] release_pcibus_dev+0x30/0x40
[ 19.311808] device_release+0x30/0x90
[ 19.311814] kobject_put+0xa8/0x120
[ 19.311832] device_unregister+0x20/0x30
[ 19.311839] pci_remove_bus+0x78/0x88
[ 19.311850] pci_remove_root_bus+0x5c/0x98
[ 19.311860] dw_pcie_host_deinit+0x28/0x78
[ 19.311866] tegra_pcie_deinit_controller+0x1c/0x38 [pcie_tegra194]
[ 19.311883] tegra_pcie_dw_probe+0x648/0xb28 [pcie_tegra194]
[ 19.311900] platform_probe+0x90/0xd8
...
[ 19.313579] CPU: 10 PID: 96 Comm: kworker/u24:2 Not tainted 6.2.0 #4
[ 19.320171] Hardware name: /, BIOS 1.0-d7fb19b 08/10/2022
[ 19.325852] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
The stack trace is a bit misleading as dw_pcie_host_deinit() doesn't
directly call pci_bus_release_domain_nr(). The issue turns out to be in
pci_remove_root_bus() which first calls pci_remove_bus() which frees the
struct pci_bus when its struct device is released. Then
pci_bus_release_domain_nr() is called and accesses the freed struct
pci_bus. Reordering these fixes the issue.
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 (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