In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mISDN: hfcpci: Fix warning when deleting uninitialized timer
With CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS unloading hfcpci module leads
to the following splat:
[ 250.215892] ODEBUG: assert_init not available (active state 0) object: ffffffffc01a3dc0 object type: timer_list hint: 0x0
[ 250.217520] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 233 at lib/debugobjects.c:612 debug_print_object+0x1b6/0x2c0
[ 250.218775] Modules linked in: hfcpci(-) mISDN_core
[ 250.219537] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 233 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2-g6f713187ac98 #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[ 250.220940] Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 250.222377] RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x1b6/0x2c0
[ 250.223131] Code: fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 75 4f 41 56 48 8b 14 dd a0 4e 01 9f 48 89 ee 48 c7 c7 20 46 01 9f e8 cb 84d
[ 250.225805] RSP: 0018:ffff888015ea7c08 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 250.226608] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000005 RCX: ffffffff9be93a95
[ 250.227708] RDX: 1ffff1100d945138 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: ffff88806ca289c0
[ 250.228993] RBP: ffffffff9f014a00 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed1002bd4f39
[ 250.230043] R10: ffff888015ea79cf R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000001
[ 250.231185] R13: ffffffff9eea0520 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888015ea7cc8
[ 250.232454] FS: 00007f3208f01540(0000) GS:ffff8880caf5a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 250.233851] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 250.234856] CR2: 00007f32090a7421 CR3: 0000000004d63000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[ 250.236117] Call Trace:
[ 250.236599]
[ 250.236967] ? trace_irq_enable.constprop.0+0xd4/0x130
[ 250.237920] debug_object_assert_init+0x1f6/0x310
[ 250.238762] ? __pfx_debug_object_assert_init+0x10/0x10
[ 250.239658] ? __lock_acquire+0xdea/0x1c70
[ 250.240369] __try_to_del_timer_sync+0x69/0x140
[ 250.241172] ? __pfx___try_to_del_timer_sync+0x10/0x10
[ 250.242058] ? __timer_delete_sync+0xc6/0x120
[ 250.242842] ? lock_acquire+0x30/0x80
[ 250.243474] ? __timer_delete_sync+0xc6/0x120
[ 250.244262] __timer_delete_sync+0x98/0x120
[ 250.245015] HFC_cleanup+0x10/0x20 [hfcpci]
[ 250.245704] __do_sys_delete_module+0x348/0x510
[ 250.246461] ? __pfx___do_sys_delete_module+0x10/0x10
[ 250.247338] do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x360
[ 250.247924] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Fix this by initializing hfc_tl timer with DEFINE_TIMER macro.
Also, use mod_timer instead of manual timeout update.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. 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