In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tpm: do not start chip while suspended
Checking TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED after the call to tpm_find_get_ops() can
lead to a spurious tpm_chip_start() call:
[35985.503771] i2c i2c-1: Transfer while suspended
[35985.503796] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 74 at drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h:56 __i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810
[35985.503802] Modules linked in:
[35985.503808] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 74 Comm: hwrng Tainted: G W 6.13.0-next-20250203-00005-gfa0cb5642941 #19 9c3d7f78192f2d38e32010ac9c90fdc71109ef6f
[35985.503814] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[35985.503817] Hardware name: Google Morphius/Morphius, BIOS Google_Morphius.13434.858.0 10/26/2023
[35985.503819] RIP: 0010:__i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810
[35985.503825] Code: 30 01 00 00 4c 89 f7 e8 40 fe d8 ff 48 8b 93 80 01 00 00 48 85 d2 75 03 49 8b 16 48 c7 c7 0a fb 7c a7 48 89 c6 e8 32 ad b0 fe <0f> 0b b8 94 ff ff ff e9 33 04 00 00 be 02 00 00 00 83 fd 02 0f 5
[35985.503828] RSP: 0018:ffffa106c0333d30 EFLAGS: 00010246
[35985.503833] RAX: 074ba64aa20f7000 RBX: ffff8aa4c1167120 RCX: 0000000000000000
[35985.503836] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffffa77ab0e4 RDI: 0000000000000001
[35985.503838] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
[35985.503841] R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 00000001000313d5 R12: ffff8aa4c10f1820
[35985.503843] R13: ffff8aa4c0e243c0 R14: ffff8aa4c1167250 R15: ffff8aa4c1167120
[35985.503846] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8aa4eae00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[35985.503849] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[35985.503852] CR2: 00007fab0aaf1000 CR3: 0000000105328000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
[35985.503855] Call Trace:
[35985.503859]
[35985.503863] ? __warn+0xd4/0x260
[35985.503868] ? __i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810
[35985.503874] ? report_bug+0xf3/0x210
[35985.503882] ? handle_bug+0x63/0xb0
[35985.503887] ? exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x50
[35985.503892] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
[35985.503904] ? __i2c_transfer+0xbe/0x810
[35985.503913] tpm_cr50_i2c_transfer_message+0x24/0xf0
[35985.503920] tpm_cr50_i2c_read+0x8e/0x120
[35985.503928] tpm_cr50_request_locality+0x75/0x170
[35985.503935] tpm_chip_start+0x116/0x160
[35985.503942] tpm_try_get_ops+0x57/0x90
[35985.503948] tpm_find_get_ops+0x26/0xd0
[35985.503955] tpm_get_random+0x2d/0x80
Don't move forward with tpm_chip_start() inside tpm_try_get_ops(), unless
TPM_CHIP_FLAG_SUSPENDED is not set. tpm_find_get_ops() will return NULL in
such a failure case.
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 2026-11-05). 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, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: 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.
The score's inputs: 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