CVE-2026-68359 (GCVE-0-2026-68359)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:03 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
hwmon: (nzxt-smart2) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (nzxt-smart2) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop
Calling hid_hw_stop() does not stop the device IO.
This results in a race condition between hid_input_report() and the point
immediately following the execution of hid_device_io_start() within
the driver probe function. If the probe operation fails after "io start"
has been initiated, this race condition will result in a UAF vulnerability.
Fix the problem by calling hid_device_io_stop() before calling
hid_hw_stop().
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9 , < 761249a3d92db83ae19670c4ecdf73c0a85bcb61
(git)
Affected: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9 , < 185c0880397aee9def0af5a59ea65f22f37ad658 (git) Affected: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9 , < a2a15de020597efbff84b4281dd472e5860b7e3e (git) Affected: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9 , < 205cff797a94757ec88ba299c8e2bf2e1e3f4bbf (git) Affected: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9 , < 18d7c523891004226bccdba39dd681eca22ceb8a (git) Affected: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9 , < 59d104b54b0b42e30fd2a68d24ee5c49dcc54d1e (git) |
|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
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