CVE-2026-68178
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
misc: nsm: pin the module while the device is open
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: nsm: pin the module while the device is open misc_open() installs a misc driver's file operations with fops_get(), which pins file_operations::owner before replacing the file's f_op. The NSM misc device leaves nsm_dev_fops.owner unset, so opening /dev/nsm does not take a module reference on the nsm driver. If the driver is built as a module, an open file descriptor can therefore survive rmmod of the module that provides its ioctl callbacks. A later ioctl through that descriptor can call into unloaded module text. Set nsm_dev_fops.owner to THIS_MODULE so the misc core holds the module while any /dev/nsm file descriptor is open, matching the lifetime expectation for the installed file operations.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 | affected | git | 1996639f824ce9468395cdb7bcb8f467fa787e77 | Unavailable | None listed |
| b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 | affected | git | 1da310b94504d42001e9c32c43c5dc105b777e5f | Unavailable | None listed |
| b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 | affected | git | 9e9a82d00c3d10129fc310a7547b24a679d5d920 | Unavailable | None listed |
| b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 | affected | git | 3b231f1e9990f4c21220d0a69733ce2105891ff9 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.8 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.12.101 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.42 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.6 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |