FKIE_CVE-2026-68091
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-10 12:17 - Updated: 2026-08-17 05:18
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: wacom: stop hardware after post-start probe failures
wacom_parse_and_register() starts HID hardware before registering inputs
and initializing pad LEDs/remotes. Those later steps can fail, but their
error paths currently release Wacom resources without stopping the HID
hardware.
Route post-hid_hw_start() failures through hid_hw_stop() before
releasing driver resources.
This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while
reviewing kernel code.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
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"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
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"programFiles": [
"drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c"
],
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"vendor": "Linux",
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"version": "5.15.149",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.1.178",
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.1.79",
"versionType": "semver"
},
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"version": "6.6.18",
"versionType": "semver"
},
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"version": "4.19.307",
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{
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"version": "5.4.269",
"versionType": "semver"
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"version": "6.7.6",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
},
{
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"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
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"status": "affected",
"version": "6.8"
},
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
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"versionType": "semver"
},
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.96",
"versionType": "semver"
},
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.39",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.4",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
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}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: wacom: stop hardware after post-start probe failures\n\nwacom_parse_and_register() starts HID hardware before registering inputs\nand initializing pad LEDs/remotes. Those later steps can fail, but their\nerror paths currently release Wacom resources without stopping the HID\nhardware.\n\nRoute post-hid_hw_start() failures through hid_hw_stop() before\nreleasing driver resources.\n\nThis issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while\nreviewing kernel code."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-68091",
"lastModified": "2026-08-17T05:18:08.303",
"metrics": {
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{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "ADJACENT_NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 8.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
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"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-08-10T12:17:21.870",
"references": [
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a1ebdcb56ae58a0ee2c54dd15d75121e30424e3"
},
{
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"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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