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CVE-2026-68180 (GCVE-0-2026-68180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 11:59 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:30
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Title
intel_th: fix MSC output device reference leak
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: intel_th: fix MSC output device reference leak intel_th_output_open() looks up the output device with bus_find_device_by_devt(), which returns the device with a reference that must be dropped after use. commit 95fc36a234da ("intel_th: fix device leak on output open()") attempted to drop the reference from intel_th_output_release(). However, a successful open replaces file->f_op with the output driver file operations before returning, so close runs the output driver release callback instead. For MSC outputs, close runs intel_th_msc_release(), which only removes the per-file iterator and does not drop the device reference taken by intel_th_output_open(). Consequently, every successful MSC output open leaks one device reference. Drop the device reference from intel_th_msc_release(), which is the release path actually used for MSC output files. Remove the now-unused intel_th_output_release() callback from intel_th_output_fops.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: af4b9467296b9a16ebc008147238070236982b6d , < 12ad4fad748e6e563ff4480f03b89134a41b5c37 (git)
Affected: 64015cbf06e8bb75b81ae95b997e847b55280f7f , < df55842fddbcdb80e6dd16680439c0f780ed592e (git)
Affected: b71e64ef7ff9443835d1333e3e80ab1e49e5209f , < 141641a70ed337e54487f766ede745fc2ce44c42 (git)
Affected: bf7785434b5d05d940d936b78925080950bd54dd , < ddcf2064d7ec5a8c9afa7cb74442320e443502bc (git)
Affected: 0fca16c5591534cc1fec8b6181277ee3a3d0f26c , < 26e27b8dcef1e4df6f30d8f25b3304a506d482b3 (git)
Affected: f9b059bda4276f2bb72cb98ec7875a747f042ea2 , < caba30eb8bd321c465ecfc7d850ee85f5b353496 (git)
Affected: 95fc36a234da24bbc5f476f8104a5a15f99ed3e3 , < c3a28f9cb82425fe0835048ed3677f321e780691 (git)
Affected: 95fc36a234da24bbc5f476f8104a5a15f99ed3e3 , < 761b785a0cfbce43761227bc42a7f984f31f8921 (git)
Affected: 5.10.249 , < 5.10.265 (semver)
Affected: 5.15.199 , < 5.15.216 (semver)
Affected: 6.1.162 , < 6.1.183 (semver)
Affected: 6.6.122 , < 6.6.148 (semver)
Affected: 6.12.68 , < 6.12.101 (semver)
Affected: 6.18.8 , < 6.18.42 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.265 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.216 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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