In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gtp: fix use-after-free and null-ptr-deref in gtp_genl_dump_pdp()
The gtp_net_ops pernet operations structure for the subsystem must be
registered before registering the generic netlink family.
Syzkaller hit 'general protection fault in gtp_genl_dump_pdp' bug:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
0xdffffc0000000002: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017]
CPU: 1 PID: 5826 Comm: gtp Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3-std-def-alt1 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.0-alt1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:gtp_genl_dump_pdp+0x1be/0x800 [gtp]
Code: c6 89 c6 e8 64 e9 86 df 58 45 85 f6 0f 85 4e 04 00 00 e8 c5 ee 86
df 48 8b 54 24 18 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 c1 ea 03 <80>
3c 02 00 0f 85 de 05 00 00 48 8b 44 24 18 4c 8b 30 4c 39 f0 74
RSP: 0018:ffff888014107220 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff88800fcda588 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f1be4eb05c0(0000) GS:ffff88806ce80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f1be4e766cf CR3: 000000000c33e000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
? show_regs+0x90/0xa0
? die_addr+0x50/0xd0
? exc_general_protection+0x148/0x220
? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x30
? gtp_genl_dump_pdp+0x1be/0x800 [gtp]
? __alloc_skb+0x1dd/0x350
? __pfx___alloc_skb+0x10/0x10
genl_dumpit+0x11d/0x230
netlink_dump+0x5b9/0xce0
? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x253/0x430
? __pfx_netlink_dump+0x10/0x10
? kasan_save_track+0x10/0x40
? __kasan_kmalloc+0x9b/0xa0
? genl_start+0x675/0x970
__netlink_dump_start+0x6fc/0x9f0
genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit+0x1bb/0x2d0
? __pfx_genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit+0x10/0x10
? genl_op_from_small+0x2a/0x440
? cap_capable+0x1d0/0x240
? __pfx_genl_start+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_genl_dumpit+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_genl_done+0x10/0x10
? security_capable+0x9d/0xe0
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
- 0.3% 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 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