Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-68227

Vulnerability identifier: #VU142090

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-2026-68227

CWE-ID: CWE-664

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource lifetime management in the cx231xx USB media driver when the driver is unbound from a USB interface without physical device disconnection. A local user can trigger driver unbind or reconfiguration conditions to cause a denial of service.

The issue can be triggered during probe deferral or configuration changes.

Linux kernel
openEuler
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
perf - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-331.0.0.232

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d6358ab02866e5b7ed8d3a00805297617bbb0ec
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a373f1a5137e96549a795e7fb9efb5de0ae1d065
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5ccb01eb1107acb6aab8ce8fe5a523f215c837e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e797e252bfb3d0d4b3d38e4faef817e05869c240
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f468b7ee5d6332b01e6c538179a4c720e6dae93b

• Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel usb cx231xx driver
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel