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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-68359"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-10T12:03:36.254Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-19T16:34:08.117Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68359"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68359.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68359"
title: "hwmon: (nzxt-smart2) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (nzxt-smart2) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop\n\nCalling hid_hw_stop() does not stop the device IO.\nThis results in a race condition between hid_input_report() and the point\nimmediately following the execution of hid_device_io_start() within\nthe driver probe function. If the probe operation fails after \"io start\"\nhas been initiated, this race condition will result in a UAF vulnerability.\n\nFix the problem by calling hid_device_io_stop() before calling\nhid_hw_stop()."
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