In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
regmap: slimbus: fix bus_context pointer in regmap init calls
Commit 4e65bda8273c ("ASoC: wcd934x: fix error handling in
wcd934x_codec_parse_data()") revealed the problem in the slimbus regmap.
That commit breaks audio playback, for instance, on sdm845 Thundercomm
Dragonboard 845c board:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff8000847cbad4
...
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 776 Comm: aplay Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1-00028-g7ea30958b305 #11 PREEMPT
Hardware name: Thundercomm Dragonboard 845c (DT)
...
Call trace:
slim_xfer_msg+0x24/0x1ac [slimbus] (P)
slim_read+0x48/0x74 [slimbus]
regmap_slimbus_read+0x18/0x24 [regmap_slimbus]
_regmap_raw_read+0xe8/0x174
_regmap_bus_read+0x44/0x80
_regmap_read+0x60/0xd8
_regmap_update_bits+0xf4/0x140
_regmap_select_page+0xa8/0x124
_regmap_raw_write_impl+0x3b8/0x65c
_regmap_bus_raw_write+0x60/0x80
_regmap_write+0x58/0xc0
regmap_write+0x4c/0x80
wcd934x_hw_params+0x494/0x8b8 [snd_soc_wcd934x]
snd_soc_dai_hw_params+0x3c/0x7c [snd_soc_core]
__soc_pcm_hw_params+0x22c/0x634 [snd_soc_core]
dpcm_be_dai_hw_params+0x1d4/0x38c [snd_soc_core]
dpcm_fe_dai_hw_params+0x9c/0x17c [snd_soc_core]
snd_pcm_hw_params+0x124/0x464 [snd_pcm]
snd_pcm_common_ioctl+0x110c/0x1820 [snd_pcm]
snd_pcm_ioctl+0x34/0x4c [snd_pcm]
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0x104
invoke_syscall+0x48/0x104
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0
do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
el0_svc+0x34/0xec
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xf0
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c
The __devm_regmap_init_slimbus() started to be used instead of
__regmap_init_slimbus() after the commit mentioned above and turns out
the incorrect bus_context pointer (3rd argument) was used in
__devm_regmap_init_slimbus(). It should be just "slimbus" (which is equal
to &slimbus->dev). Correct it. The wcd934x codec seems to be the only or
the first user of devm_regmap_init_slimbus() but we should fix it till
the point where __devm_regmap_init_slimbus() was introduced therefore
two "Fixes" tags.
While at this, also correct the same argument in __regmap_init_slimbus().
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
- 0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-02). 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