In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: pvrusb2: fix uaf in pvr2_context_set_notify
[Syzbot reported]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in pvr2_context_set_notify+0x2c4/0x310 drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:35
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888113aeb0d8 by task kworker/1:1/26
CPU: 1 PID: 26 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc1-syzkaller-00046-gf1a27f081c1f #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x1b0 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
print_report+0xc4/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:488
kasan_report+0xda/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601
pvr2_context_set_notify+0x2c4/0x310 drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:35
pvr2_context_notify drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:95 [inline]
pvr2_context_disconnect+0x94/0xb0 drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:272
Freed by task 906:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:47
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68
kasan_save_free_info+0x3f/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:640
poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:241 [inline]
__kasan_slab_free+0x106/0x1b0 mm/kasan/common.c:257
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2121 [inline]
slab_free mm/slub.c:4299 [inline]
kfree+0x105/0x340 mm/slub.c:4409
pvr2_context_check drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:137 [inline]
pvr2_context_thread_func+0x69d/0x960 drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c:158
[Analyze]
Task A set disconnect_flag = !0, which resulted in Task B's condition being met
and releasing mp, leading to this issue.
[Fix]
Place the disconnect_flag assignment operation after all code in pvr2_context_disconnect()
to avoid this 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 (6.4): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 6.4 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS-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 2026-10-25). 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 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