In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tun: limit printing rate when illegal packet received by tun dev
vhost_worker will call tun call backs to receive packets. If too many
illegal packets arrives, tun_do_read will keep dumping packet contents.
When console is enabled, it will costs much more cpu time to dump
packet and soft lockup will be detected.
net_ratelimit mechanism can be used to limit the dumping rate.
PID: 33036 TASK: ffff949da6f20000 CPU: 23 COMMAND: "vhost-32980"
#0 [fffffe00003fce50] crash_nmi_callback at ffffffff89249253
#1 [fffffe00003fce58] nmi_handle at ffffffff89225fa3
#2 [fffffe00003fceb0] default_do_nmi at ffffffff8922642e
#3 [fffffe00003fced0] do_nmi at ffffffff8922660d
#4 [fffffe00003fcef0] end_repeat_nmi at ffffffff89c01663
[exception RIP: io_serial_in+20]
RIP: ffffffff89792594 RSP: ffffa655314979e8 RFLAGS: 00000002
RAX: ffffffff89792500 RBX: ffffffff8af428a0 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 00000000000003fd RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: ffffffff8af428a0
RBP: 0000000000002710 R8: 0000000000000004 R9: 000000000000000f
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff8acbf64f R12: 0000000000000020
R13: ffffffff8acbf698 R14: 0000000000000058 R15: 0000000000000000
ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018
#5 [ffffa655314979e8] io_serial_in at ffffffff89792594
#6 [ffffa655314979e8] wait_for_xmitr at ffffffff89793470
#7 [ffffa65531497a08] serial8250_console_putchar at ffffffff897934f6
#8 [ffffa65531497a20] uart_console_write at ffffffff8978b605
#9 [ffffa65531497a48] serial8250_console_write at ffffffff89796558
#10 [ffffa65531497ac8] console_unlock at ffffffff89316124
#11 [ffffa65531497b10] vprintk_emit at ffffffff89317c07
#12 [ffffa65531497b68] printk at ffffffff89318306
#13 [ffffa65531497bc8] print_hex_dump at ffffffff89650765
#14 [ffffa65531497ca8] tun_do_read at ffffffffc0b06c27 [tun]
#15 [ffffa65531497d38] tun_recvmsg at ffffffffc0b06e34 [tun]
#16 [ffffa65531497d68] handle_rx at ffffffffc0c5d682 [vhost_net]
#17 [ffffa65531497ed0] vhost_worker at ffffffffc0c644dc [vhost]
#18 [ffffa65531497f10] kthread at ffffffff892d2e72
#19 [ffffa65531497f50] ret_from_fork at ffffffff89c0022f
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
- 0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). 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: 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.
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