CVE-2026-68359 (GCVE-0-2026-68359)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-10 12:03
Modified
2026-08-19 16:34
Severity ?
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().
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Linux Linux Version: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9
Version: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9
Version: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9
Version: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9
Version: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9
Version: 53e68c20aeb1e23419bed811aa3a309ceda200f9
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