In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/rxe: Remove the direct link to net_device
The similar patch in siw is in the link:
https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/16b87037b48889
This problem also occurred in RXE. The following analyze this problem.
In the following Call Traces:
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dev_get_flags+0x188/0x1d0 net/core/dev.c:8782
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880554640b0 by task kworker/1:4/5295
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5295 Comm: kworker/1:4 Not tainted
6.12.0-rc3-syzkaller-00399-g9197b73fd7bb #0
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine,
BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Workqueue: infiniband ib_cache_event_task
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488
kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601
dev_get_flags+0x188/0x1d0 net/core/dev.c:8782
rxe_query_port+0x12d/0x260 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:60
__ib_query_port drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:2111 [inline]
ib_query_port+0x168/0x7d0 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:2143
ib_cache_update+0x1a9/0xb80 drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:1494
ib_cache_event_task+0xf3/0x1e0 drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:1568
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa65/0x1850 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x2f2/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
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1). In the link [1],
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infiniband syz2: set down
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This means that on 839.350575, the event ib_cache_event_task was sent andi
queued in ib_wq.
2). In the link [1],
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team0 (unregistering): Port device team_slave_0 removed
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It indicates that before 843.251853, the net device should be freed.
3). In the link [1],
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BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dev_get_flags+0x188/0x1d0
"
This means that on 850.559070, this slab-use-after-free problem occurred.
In all, on 839.350575, the event ib_cache_event_task was sent and queued
in ib_wq,
before 843.251853, the net device veth was freed.
on 850.559070, this event was executed, and the mentioned freed net device
was called. Thus, the above call trace occurred.
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=12e7025f980000
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
- 0.2% 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 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