In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: cdns3: fix role switching during resume
If the role change while we are suspended, the cdns3 driver switches to the
new mode during resume. However, switching to host mode in this context
causes a NULL pointer dereference.
The host role's start() operation registers a xhci-hcd device, but its
probe is deferred while we are in the resume path. The host role's resume()
operation assumes the xhci-hcd device is already probed, which is not the
case, leading to the dereference. Since the start() operation of the new
role is already called, the resume operation can be skipped.
So skip the resume operation for the new role if a role switch occurs
during resume. Once the resume sequence is complete, the xhci-hcd device
can be probed in case of host mode.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000208
Mem abort info:
...
Data abort info:
...
[0000000000000208] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 146 Comm: sh Not tainted
6.19.0-rc7-00013-g6e64f4aabfae-dirty #135 PREEMPT
Hardware name: Texas Instruments J7200 EVM (DT)
pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : usb_hcd_is_primary_hcd+0x0/0x1c
lr : cdns_host_resume+0x24/0x5c
...
Call trace:
usb_hcd_is_primary_hcd+0x0/0x1c (P)
cdns_resume+0x6c/0xbc
cdns3_controller_resume.isra.0+0xe8/0x17c
cdns3_plat_resume+0x18/0x24
platform_pm_resume+0x2c/0x68
dpm_run_callback+0x90/0x248
device_resume+0x100/0x24c
dpm_resume+0x190/0x2ec
dpm_resume_end+0x18/0x34
suspend_devices_and_enter+0x2b0/0xa44
pm_suspend+0x16c/0x5fc
state_store+0x80/0xec
kobj_attr_store+0x18/0x2c
sysfs_kf_write+0x7c/0x94
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x130/0x1dc
vfs_write+0x240/0x370
ksys_write+0x70/0x108
__arm64_sys_write+0x1c/0x28
invoke_syscall+0x48/0x10c
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0
do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
el0_svc+0x34/0x108
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c
Code: 52800003 f9407ca5 d63f00a0 17ffffe4 (f9410401)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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 2026-10-17). 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: 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.
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