In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: x_tables: fix LED ID check in led_tg_check()
Syzbot has reported the following BUG detected by KASAN:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in strlen+0x58/0x70
Read of size 1 at addr ffff8881022da0c8 by task repro/5879
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Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360
? __pfx_dump_stack_lvl+0x10/0x10
? __pfx__printk+0x10/0x10
? _printk+0xd5/0x120
? __virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530
? __virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530
print_report+0x169/0x550
? __virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530
? __virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530
? __virt_addr_valid+0x45f/0x530
? __phys_addr+0xba/0x170
? strlen+0x58/0x70
kasan_report+0x143/0x180
? strlen+0x58/0x70
strlen+0x58/0x70
kstrdup+0x20/0x80
led_tg_check+0x18b/0x3c0
xt_check_target+0x3bb/0xa40
? __pfx_xt_check_target+0x10/0x10
? stack_depot_save_flags+0x6e4/0x830
? nft_target_init+0x174/0xc30
nft_target_init+0x82d/0xc30
? __pfx_nft_target_init+0x10/0x10
? nf_tables_newrule+0x1609/0x2980
? nf_tables_newrule+0x1609/0x2980
? rcu_is_watching+0x15/0xb0
? nf_tables_newrule+0x1609/0x2980
? nf_tables_newrule+0x1609/0x2980
? __kmalloc_noprof+0x21a/0x400
nf_tables_newrule+0x1860/0x2980
? __pfx_nf_tables_newrule+0x10/0x10
? __nla_parse+0x40/0x60
nfnetlink_rcv+0x14e5/0x2ab0
? __pfx_validate_chain+0x10/0x10
? __pfx_nfnetlink_rcv+0x10/0x10
? __lock_acquire+0x1384/0x2050
? netlink_deliver_tap+0x2e/0x1b0
? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10
? netlink_deliver_tap+0x2e/0x1b0
netlink_unicast+0x7f8/0x990
? __pfx_netlink_unicast+0x10/0x10
? __virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530
? __check_object_size+0x48e/0x900
netlink_sendmsg+0x8e4/0xcb0
? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
? aa_sock_msg_perm+0x91/0x160
? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
__sock_sendmsg+0x223/0x270
____sys_sendmsg+0x52a/0x7e0
? __pfx_____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
__sys_sendmsg+0x292/0x380
? __pfx___sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x43d/0x780
? __pfx_lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x10/0x10
? exc_page_fault+0x590/0x8c0
? do_syscall_64+0xb6/0x230
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
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Since an invalid (without '\0' byte at all) byte sequence may be passed
from userspace, add an extra check to ensure that such a sequence is
rejected as possible ID and so never passed to 'kstrdup()' and further.
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
- 0.3% 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