In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1
RAC flush causes kernel panics on BCM6358 with EHCI/OHCI when booting from TP1:
[ 3.881739] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[ 3.895011] Reserved instruction in kernel code[#1]:
[ 3.900113] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 5.10.16 #0
[ 3.905829] $ 0 : 00000000 10008700 00000000 77d94060
[ 3.911238] $ 4 : 7fd1f088 00000000 81431cac 81431ca0
[ 3.916641] $ 8 : 00000000 ffffefff 8075cd34 00000000
[ 3.922043] $12 : 806f8d40 f3e812b7 00000000 000d9aaa
[ 3.927446] $16 : 7fd1f068 7fd1f080 7ff559b8 81428470
[ 3.932848] $20 : 00000000 00000000 55590000 77d70000
[ 3.938251] $24 : 00000018 00000010
[ 3.943655] $28 : 81430000 81431e60 81431f28 800157fc
[ 3.949058] Hi : 00000000
[ 3.952013] Lo : 00000000
[ 3.955019] epc : 80015808 setup_sigcontext+0x54/0x24c
[ 3.960464] ra : 800157fc setup_sigcontext+0x48/0x24c
[ 3.965913] Status: 10008703 KERNEL EXL IE
[ 3.970216] Cause : 00800028 (ExcCode 0a)
[ 3.974340] PrId : 0002a010 (Broadcom BMIPS4350)
[ 3.979170] Modules linked in: ohci_platform ohci_hcd fsl_mph_dr_of ehci_platform ehci_fsl ehci_hcd gpio_button_hotplug usbcore nls_base usb_common
[ 3.992907] Process init (pid: 1, threadinfo=(ptrval), task=(ptrval), tls=77e22ec8)
[ 4.000776] Stack : 81431ef4 7fd1f080 81431f28 81428470 7fd1f068 81431edc 7ff559b8 81428470
[ 4.009467] 81431f28 7fd1f080 55590000 77d70000 77d5498c 80015c70 806f0000 8063ae74
[ 4.018149] 08100002 81431f28 0000000a 08100002 81431f28 0000000a 77d6b418 00000003
[ 4.026831] ffffffff 80016414 80080734 81431ecc 81431ecc 00000001 00000000 04000000
[ 4.035512] 77d54874 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000012 00000002 00000000
[ 4.044196] ...
[ 4.046706] Call Trace:
[ 4.049238] [<80015808>] setup_sigcontext+0x54/0x24c
[ 4.054356] [<80015c70>] setup_frame+0xdc/0x124
[ 4.059015] [<80016414>] do_notify_resume+0x1dc/0x288
[ 4.064207] [<80011b50>] work_notifysig+0x10/0x18
[ 4.069036]
[ 4.070538] Code: 8fc300b4 00001025 26240008 ac830004 3c048063 0c0228aa 24846a00 26240010
[ 4.080686]
[ 4.082517] ---[ end trace 22a8edb41f5f983b ]---
[ 4.087374] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
[ 4.092753] Rebooting in 1 seconds..
Because the bootloader (CFE) is not initializing the Read-ahead cache properly
on the second thread (TP1). Since the RAC was not initialized properly, we
should avoid flushing it at the risk of corrupting the instruction stream as
seen in the trace above.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (8.6): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.6 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-03). 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 (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from 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's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” 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