CVE-2026-68181 (GCVE-0-2026-68181)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-10 11:59
Modified
2026-08-23 12:46
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mei: bus: access mei_device under device_lock on cleanup Fix couple of problems in mei_cl_bus_dev_release(): mei_cl_flush_queues() is running without lock. bus->file_list access after mei_dev_bus_put(bus) can become a use-after-free if this was the last reference to bus. Protect queues cleanup and WARN traversal by device lock there to avoid the concurrent access problems. Move WARN traversal before mei_dev_bus_put(bus). This file uses bus variable name for mei_device, adjust code of mei_cl_bus_dev_release() to use bus variable too.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 6f2a6ef86b23a30b92ad57981de537bce67bfa45
Version: 24f4ceeaeee7983c07590149556a0e33efe2ec90
Version: 612c8d21ce6e37b73f3106aec7ffa35959d40261
Version: 35e8a426b16adbecae7a4e0e3c00fc8d0273db53
Version: 35e8a426b16adbecae7a4e0e3c00fc8d0273db53
Version: 35e8a426b16adbecae7a4e0e3c00fc8d0273db53
Version: 2f29dce5a5ae06a7db32e4491d72269329a86eeb
Version: 28de6ca5276a94b0589ae1bf026b89fa0eaf14c0
Version: 6.1.149   
Version: 6.6.103   
Version: 6.12.43   
Version: 6.15.11   
Version: 6.16.2   
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