In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netdevsim: use cond_resched() in nsim_dev_trap_report_work()
I am still seeing many syzbot reports hinting that syzbot
might fool nsim_dev_trap_report_work() with hundreds of ports [1]
Lets use cond_resched(), and system_unbound_wq
instead of implicit system_wq.
[1]
INFO: task syz-executor:20633 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-syzkaller-00205-g1d227fcc7222 #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:syz-executor state:D stack:25856 pid:20633 tgid:20633 ppid:1 flags:0x00004006
...
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 16760 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-syzkaller-00205-g1d227fcc7222 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Workqueue: events nsim_dev_trap_report_work
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x0/0x70 kernel/kcov.c:210
Code: 89 fb e8 23 00 00 00 48 8b 3d 04 fb 9c 0c 48 89 de 5b e9 c3 c7 5d 00 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1e fa 48 8b 04 24 65 48 8b 0c 25 c0 d7 03 00 65 8b 15 60 f0
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a187e8 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000100 RBX: ffffc90000a188e0 RCX: ffff888027d3bc00
RDX: ffff888027d3bc00 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff88804a2e6000 R08: ffffffff8a4bc495 R09: ffffffff89da3577
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: ffffffff8a4bc2b0 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: ffff88806573b503 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: ffff8880663cca00
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fc90a747f98 CR3: 000000000e734000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 000000000000002b DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
__local_bh_enable_ip+0x1bb/0x200 kernel/softirq.c:382
spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_report drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:820 [inline]
nsim_dev_trap_report_work+0x75d/0xaa0 drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c:850
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0xa63/0x1850 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
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 2026-11-03). 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 (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