In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix kernel panic during FW release
This fixes a kernel panic seen during release FW in a stress test
scenario where WLAN and BT FW download occurs simultaneously, and due to
a HW bug, chip sends out only 1 bootloader signatures.
When driver receives the bootloader signature, it enters FW download
mode, but since no consequtive bootloader signatures seen, FW file is
not requested.
After 60 seconds, when FW download times out, release_firmware causes a
kernel panic.
[ 2601.949184] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000312e6f006573
[ 2601.992076] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000111802000
[ 2601.992080] [0000312e6f006573] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[ 2601.992087] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000021 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 2601.992091] Modules linked in: algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg btnxpuart(O) pciexxx(O) mlan(O) overlay fsl_jr_uio caam_jr caamkeyblob_desc caamhash_desc caamalg_desc crypto_engine authenc libdes crct10dif_ce polyval_ce snd_soc_fsl_easrc snd_soc_fsl_asoc_card imx8_media_dev(C) snd_soc_fsl_micfil polyval_generic snd_soc_fsl_xcvr snd_soc_fsl_sai snd_soc_imx_audmux snd_soc_fsl_asrc snd_soc_imx_card snd_soc_imx_hdmi snd_soc_fsl_aud2htx snd_soc_fsl_utils imx_pcm_dma dw_hdmi_cec flexcan can_dev
[ 2602.001825] CPU: 2 PID: 20060 Comm: hciconfig Tainted: G C O 6.6.23-lts-next-06236-gb586a521770e #1
[ 2602.010182] Hardware name: NXP i.MX8MPlus EVK board (DT)
[ 2602.010185] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 2602.010191] pc : _raw_spin_lock+0x34/0x68
[ 2602.010201] lr : free_fw_priv+0x20/0xfc
[ 2602.020561] sp : ffff800089363b30
[ 2602.020563] x29: ffff800089363b30 x28: ffff0000d0eb5880 x27: 0000000000000000
[ 2602.020570] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff0000d728b330 x24: 0000000000000000
[ 2602.020577] x23: ffff0000dc856f38
[ 2602.033797] x22: ffff800089363b70 x21: ffff0000dc856000
[ 2602.033802] x20: ff00312e6f006573 x19: ffff0000d0d9ea80 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 2602.033809] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000aaaad80dd480
[ 2602.083320] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 00000000000001b9 x12: 0000000000000002
[ 2602.083326] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000a60 x9 : ffff800089363a30
[ 2602.083333] x8 : ffff0001793d75c0 x7 : ffff0000d6dbc400 x6 : 0000000000000000
[ 2602.083339] x5 : 00000000410fd030 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000001
[ 2602.083346] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : ff00312e6f006573
[ 2602.083354] Call trace:
[ 2602.083356] _raw_spin_lock+0x34/0x68
[ 2602.083364] release_firmware+0x48/0x6c
[ 2602.083370] nxp_setup+0x3c4/0x540 [btnxpuart]
[ 2602.083383] hci_dev_open_sync+0xf0/0xa34
[ 2602.083391] hci_dev_open+0xd8/0x178
[ 2602.083399] hci_sock_ioctl+0x3b0/0x590
[ 2602.083405] sock_do_ioctl+0x60/0x118
[ 2602.083413] sock_ioctl+0x2f4/0x374
[ 2602.091430] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0xf0
[ 2602.091437] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x110
[ 2602.091445] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc0/0xe0
[ 2602.091452] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
[ 2602.091457] el0_svc+0x40/0xe4
[ 2602.091465] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x120/0x12c
[ 2602.091470] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
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
- 0.2% 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