CVE-2026-68443

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (gigabyte_waterforce) 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().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff0c5c53d08274e200b48a4d53aa078265e873cb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36e12cc8cfe996d627b8a82bd9df9e43270f6e2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a855f678ba37ef82c4dd22926ad740ecfb8dbedf

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0842e9faab04f784d01125085195031252ff9695

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-12

Updated: 2026-08-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High