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CVE-2026-68181 json

mei: bus: access mei_device under device_lock on cleanup

published 3mo ago modified 2mo ago also EUVD-2026-55282

cvss
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not scored
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mei: bus: access mei_device under device_lock on cleanup

Fix couple of problems in mei_cl_bus_dev_release():

mei_cl_flush_queues() is running without lock. bus->file_list access after mei_dev_bus_put(bus) can become a use-after-free if this was the last reference to bus.

Protect queues cleanup and WARN traversal by device lock there to avoid the concurrent access problems. Move WARN traversal before mei_dev_bus_put(bus).

This file uses bus variable name for mei_device, adjust code of mei_cl_bus_dev_release() to use bus variable too.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.16, 6.17, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.187-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.101-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.1.6-1
  • linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.101-1~deb12u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68181

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1066.74
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1008.9

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68181

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
  • kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1SUSE-SU-2026:23897-1SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1SUSE-SU-2026:4120-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-68181 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: mei: bus: access mei_device under device_lock on cleanup

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, perf 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, rtla 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, python3-perf 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-64k 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-core 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-tools 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-modules 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, +27 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-741.14.1.el9_9, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:97435
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

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