hwmon: (nzxt-smart2) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
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().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68359
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g646-6rxh-xh86
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/761249a3d92db83ae19670c4ecdf73c0a85bcb61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/185c0880397aee9def0af5a59ea65f22f37ad658
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2a15de020597efbff84b4281dd472e5860b7e3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/205cff797a94757ec88ba299c8e2bf2e1e3f4bbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18d7c523891004226bccdba39dd681eca22ceb8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59d104b54b0b42e30fd2a68d24ee5c49dcc54d1e
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68359 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68359 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g646-6rxh-xh86 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68359 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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