In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: fw_tracer, return NULL on create error
Tracer creation can fail by returning either NULL or ERR_PTR.
The return value is stored without a check on the device, and users
treat ERR_PTR and NULL the same way.
This also causes a crash in the core dump logic, which is missing the
ERR_PTR check and ends up dereferencing it, as shown in the trace below.
Switch tracer creation to return NULL on failure only, so callers only
need a single NULL check.
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core ipv6 mlx5_core
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 6.19.7 #1 PREEMPT(none)
Workqueue: mlx5_health0001:01:00.0 mlx5_fw_reporter_err_work [mlx5_core]
pstate: a3400009 (NzCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : mlx5_fw_tracer_trigger_core_dump_general+0x58/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
lr : mlx5_fw_tracer_trigger_core_dump_general+0x40/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
sp : ffff800081cf3c40
x29: ffff800081cf3c90 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: ffff000080018828 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff000080304a05
x23: ffff800081cf3d80 x22: ffff0000847e01a0 x21: 0000000000000000
x20: ffff0000847e01a0 x19: ffffffffffffffa1 x18: ffff80008310bbf0
x17: ffff800080119650 x16: ffff80008010df54 x15: ffff80008010d4ac
x14: ffff800079c202e4 x13: ffff80008002fe60 x12: ffff800080119650
x11: ffff80008010df54 x10: ffff80008010d4ac x9 : ffff800079c203d8
x8 : ffff800081cf3c88 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000008 x3 : 0000000000000030
x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000c5c4000e
Call trace:
mlx5_fw_tracer_trigger_core_dump_general+0x58/0xe0 [mlx5_core] (P)
mlx5_fw_reporter_dump+0x30/0x2e0 [mlx5_core]
devlink_health_do_dump+0x9c/0x160
devlink_health_report+0x1c0/0x288
mlx5_fw_reporter_err_work+0xac/0xc0 [mlx5_core]
process_one_work+0x15c/0x3d8
worker_thread+0x18c/0x320
kthread+0x148/0x228
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Code: b9400000 5ac00800 7a401800 540003ca (3940a260)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception
SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
Kernel Offset: disabled
CPU features: 0x000000,00078031,75fce5a1,35fffe67
Memory Limit: none
---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception ]---
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.5% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-29). 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; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days 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; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (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)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (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