In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/vmalloc: combine all TLB flush operations of KASAN shadow virtual address into one operation
When compiling kernel source 'make -j $(nproc)' with the up-and-running
KASAN-enabled kernel on a 256-core machine, the following soft lockup is
shown:
watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#28 stuck for 22s! [kworker/28:1:1760]
CPU: 28 PID: 1760 Comm: kworker/28:1 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5 #95
Workqueue: events drain_vmap_area_work
RIP: 0010:smp_call_function_many_cond+0x1d8/0xbb0
Code: 38 c8 7c 08 84 c9 0f 85 49 08 00 00 8b 45 08 a8 01 74 2e 48 89 f1 49 89 f7 48 c1 e9 03 41 83 e7 07 4c 01 e9 41 83 c7 03 f3 90 <0f> b6 01 41 38 c7 7c 08 84 c0 0f 85 d4 06 00 00 8b 45 08 a8 01 75
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000cb3fb60 EFLAGS: 00000202
RAX: 0000000000000011 RBX: ffff8883bc4469c0 RCX: ffffed10776e9949
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffff8883bb74ca48 RDI: ffffffff8434dc50
RBP: ffff8883bb74ca40 R08: ffff888103585dc0 R09: ffff8884533a1800
R10: 0000000000000004 R11: ffffffffffffffff R12: ffffed1077888d39
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffffed1077888d38 R15: 0000000000000003
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8883bc400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005577b5c8d158 CR3: 0000000004850000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
? watchdog_timer_fn+0x2cd/0x390
? __pfx_watchdog_timer_fn+0x10/0x10
? __hrtimer_run_queues+0x300/0x6d0
? sched_clock_cpu+0x69/0x4e0
? __pfx___hrtimer_run_queues+0x10/0x10
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? ktime_get_update_offsets_now+0x7f/0x2a0
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? hrtimer_interrupt+0x2ca/0x760
? __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8c/0x2b0
? sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6a/0x90
? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20
? smp_call_function_many_cond+0x1d8/0xbb0
? __pfx_do_kernel_range_flush+0x10/0x10
on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x20/0x40
flush_tlb_kernel_range+0x19b/0x250
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? kasan_release_vmalloc+0xa7/0xc0
purge_vmap_node+0x357/0x820
? __pfx_purge_vmap_node+0x10/0x10
__purge_vmap_area_lazy+0x5b8/0xa10
drain_vmap_area_work+0x21/0x30
process_one_work+0x661/0x10b0
worker_thread+0x844/0x10e0
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? __kthread_parkme+0x82/0x140
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0x2a5/0x370
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x30/0x70
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Debugging Analysis:
- The following ftrace log shows that the lockup CPU spends too much
time iterating vmap_nodes and flushing TLB when purging vm_area
structures. (Some info is trimmed).
kworker: funcgraph_entry: | drain_vmap_area_work() {
kworker: funcgraph_entry: | mutex_lock() {
kworker: funcgraph_entry: 1.092 us | __cond_resched();
kworker: funcgraph_exit: 3.306 us | }
... ...
kworker: funcgraph_entry: | flush_tlb_kernel_range() {
... ...
kworker: funcgraph_exit: # 7533.649 us | }
... ...
kworker: funcgraph_entry: 2.344 us | mutex_unlock();
kworker: funcgraph_exit: $ 23871554 us | }
The drain_vmap_area_work() spends over 23 seconds.
There are 2805 flush_tlb_kernel_range() calls in the ftrace log.
* One is called in __purge_vmap_area_lazy().
* Others are called by purge_vmap_node->kasan_release_vmalloc.
purge_vmap_node() iteratively releases kasan vmalloc
allocations and flushes TLB for each vmap_area.
- [Rough calculation] Each flush_tlb_kernel_range() runs
about 7.5ms.
-- 2804 * 7.5ms = 21.03 seconds.
-- That's why a soft lock is triggered.
- Extending the soft lockup time can work around the issue (For example,
# echo
---truncated---
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 (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). 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