In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: fix uninitialized value in ocfs2_file_read_iter()
Syzbot has reported the following KMSAN splat:
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ocfs2_file_read_iter+0x9a4/0xf80
ocfs2_file_read_iter+0x9a4/0xf80
__io_read+0x8d4/0x20f0
io_read+0x3e/0xf0
io_issue_sqe+0x42b/0x22c0
io_wq_submit_work+0xaf9/0xdc0
io_worker_handle_work+0xd13/0x2110
io_wq_worker+0x447/0x1410
ret_from_fork+0x6f/0x90
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Uninit was created at:
__alloc_pages_noprof+0x9a7/0xe00
alloc_pages_mpol_noprof+0x299/0x990
alloc_pages_noprof+0x1bf/0x1e0
allocate_slab+0x33a/0x1250
___slab_alloc+0x12ef/0x35e0
kmem_cache_alloc_bulk_noprof+0x486/0x1330
__io_alloc_req_refill+0x84/0x560
io_submit_sqes+0x172f/0x2f30
__se_sys_io_uring_enter+0x406/0x41c0
__x64_sys_io_uring_enter+0x11f/0x1a0
x64_sys_call+0x2b54/0x3ba0
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Since an instance of 'struct kiocb' may be passed from the block layer
with 'private' field uninitialized, introduce 'ocfs2_iocb_init_rw_locked()'
and use it from where 'ocfs2_dio_end_io()' might take care, i.e. in
'ocfs2_file_read_iter()' and 'ocfs2_file_write_iter()'.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.1 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 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