In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats when used for device
Currently, when mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats() is used for device (port_num = 0),
there is a special handling in order to use the correct counters, but,
port_num is being passed down the stack without any change. Also, some
functions assume that port_num >=1. As a result, the following oops can
occur.
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff89510294f1a8
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
CPU: 8 PID: 1382 Comm: devlink Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc4_for_upstream_base_2022_11_10_16_12 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:_raw_spin_lock+0xc/0x20
Call Trace:
mlx5_ib_get_native_port_mdev+0x73/0xe0 [mlx5_ib]
do_get_hw_stats.constprop.0+0x109/0x160 [mlx5_ib]
mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats+0xad/0x180 [mlx5_ib]
ib_setup_device_attrs+0xf0/0x290 [ib_core]
ib_register_device+0x3bb/0x510 [ib_core]
? atomic_notifier_chain_register+0x67/0x80
__mlx5_ib_add+0x2b/0x80 [mlx5_ib]
mlx5r_probe+0xb8/0x150 [mlx5_ib]
? auxiliary_match_id+0x6a/0x90
auxiliary_bus_probe+0x3c/0x70
? driver_sysfs_add+0x6b/0x90
really_probe+0xcd/0x380
__driver_probe_device+0x80/0x170
driver_probe_device+0x1e/0x90
__device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100
? driver_allows_async_probing+0x60/0x60
? driver_allows_async_probing+0x60/0x60
bus_for_each_drv+0x7b/0xc0
__device_attach+0xbc/0x200
bus_probe_device+0x87/0xa0
device_add+0x404/0x940
? dev_set_name+0x53/0x70
__auxiliary_device_add+0x43/0x60
add_adev+0x99/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_attach_device+0xc8/0x120 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_load_one_devl_locked+0xb2/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
devlink_reload+0x133/0x250
devlink_nl_cmd_reload+0x480/0x570
? devlink_nl_pre_doit+0x44/0x2b0
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0xc2/0x110
genl_rcv_msg+0x180/0x2b0
? devlink_nl_cmd_region_read_dumpit+0x540/0x540
? devlink_reload+0x250/0x250
? devlink_put+0x50/0x50
? genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x110/0x110
netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x100
genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
netlink_unicast+0x1f6/0x2c0
netlink_sendmsg+0x237/0x490
sock_sendmsg+0x33/0x40
__sys_sendto+0x103/0x160
? handle_mm_fault+0x10e/0x290
? do_user_addr_fault+0x1c0/0x5f0
__x64_sys_sendto+0x25/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
Fix it by setting port_num to 1 in order to get device status and remove
unused variable.
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
- 0.1% 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