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GHSA-552W-MQ8C-HV9R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 00:31 – Updated: 2026-08-12 00:31

Details

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

hwmon: (gigabyte_waterforce) 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().

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CVE-2026-68443 (GCVE-0-2026-68443)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 00:07 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:05

Title

hwmon: (gigabyte_waterforce) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (gigabyte_waterforce) 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().

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a855f678ba37ef82c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f36e12cc8cfe996d6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0842e9faab04f784d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff0c5c53d08274e20…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 42ac68e3d4ba06ad17bc56b790dbccc37e76e0ba , < a855f678ba37ef82c4dd22926ad740ecfb8dbedf (git) Affected: 42ac68e3d4ba06ad17bc56b790dbccc37e76e0ba , < f36e12cc8cfe996d627b8a82bd9df9e43270f6e2 (git) Affected: 42ac68e3d4ba06ad17bc56b790dbccc37e76e0ba , < 0842e9faab04f784d01125085195031252ff9695 (git) Affected: 42ac68e3d4ba06ad17bc56b790dbccc37e76e0ba , < ff0c5c53d08274e200b48a4d53aa078265e873cb (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.8 (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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