In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/vf: Add drm_dev guards when detaching CCS read/write buffers
CCS read/write buffers are freed during BO destruction. In some cases,
BOs may be destroyed after the device is unbound but while the DRM
structure remains valid, leading to NULL pointer dereferences when
accessing device resources.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9376 Comm: xe_pat Not tainted 7.2.0-rc2+ #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
RIP: 0010:xe_sriov_vf_ccs_rw_update_bb_addr+0x4d/0xa0 [xe]
RSP: 0018:ffffcf304110b9c8 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff8a85c38a0a00 RBX: 00000000810ef000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8a85c39c1888
RBP: ffffcf304110b9e8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8a85c39c1888
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8a85c39b4f28 R15: ffff8a85c3885000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8a878b809000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000010314a002 CR4: 0000000000772ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
xe_migrate_ccs_rw_copy_clear+0x98/0x120 [xe]
xe_sriov_vf_ccs_detach_bo+0x2c/0x60 [xe]
xe_ttm_bo_delete_mem_notify+0xc8/0xe0 [xe]
ttm_bo_cleanup_memtype_use+0x26/0x80 [ttm]
ttm_bo_release+0x29e/0x2d0 [ttm]
ttm_bo_fini+0x39/0x70 [ttm]
xe_gem_object_free+0x1f/0x30 [xe]
drm_gem_object_free+0x1d/0x40
ttm_bo_vm_close+0x5f/0x90 [ttm]
remove_vma+0x2c/0x70
tear_down_vmas+0x63/0xf0
exit_mmap+0x20d/0x3f0
__mmput+0x45/0x170
mmput+0x31/0x40
do_exit+0x2ba/0xac0
do_group_exit+0x2d/0xb0
__x64_sys_exit_group+0x18/0x20
x64_sys_call+0x14a0/0x2390
do_syscall_64+0xdd/0x640
? count_memcg_events+0xea/0x240
? handle_mm_fault+0x1ec/0x2f0
(cherry picked from commit 1ae415a6eefe5004954a1d352b1718faca8844ef)
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
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-19). 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 (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (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)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 Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (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