Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
The Linux kernel amt driver is affected from version 5.16 until fixed. A local user who can set up AMT devices across network namespaces can cause removing the lower device to hang until all upper devices are removed. Upgrade to 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.52, or a later release in the same series.
Not analysed yet
We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.
Severity and exploitation
No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0022, the 11th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
Sources
References from the CNA
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a5a578d2e13d2dd6c1b272be7cfa0a6dd64552c
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a457ff1189f22c2f15f69df55dc910b8b6d7a77d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ebaad6cf2a639afbf0b265f9a7d1fb6f656a37e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/569eb11f0990849ba48706a2bfa743273707e254
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1dc0af719a2566ae7ccb82c0a11f70aa54908e9
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e99ecc3046ea5f5c6b5e1f8b4ef854c6c6998e06