CVE-2026-68181

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.

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References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02e3a755086db847d795f2593ebc45e8ee4f1755
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/441559d4c595f839b39f0ab6a4ae628427c2fd9e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59dd34854202d9a3faaa87a85205e553fe7150e1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf79e8d682fe93777268f029668ce5e214237fd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c88c030a324c9018b77894a19b2564eb66862020
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f112ea910e554d58b4b39a4492b7d302f0f4204f

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Information

Published : 2026-08-10 13:20

Updated : 2026-08-23 13:16

NVD link : CVE-2026-68181

Mitre link : CVE-2026-68181

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-68181

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CWE

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