Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-68371

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Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-68371

Published: August 12, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU141687
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-68371
CWE-ID: CWE-672
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper reference count handling in the omap2430_probe() function when probing the omap2430 USB MUSB platform device. A local user can trigger the driver probe to cause a denial of service.

The issue can leave pdev->dev.of_node with an unbalanced reference count because a borrowed device tree node pointer is released incorrectly.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-68371

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1

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