CVE-2026-68178

Name	CVE-2026-68178
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: nsm: pin the module while the device is open misc_open() installs a misc driver's file operations with fops_get(), which pins file_operations::owner before replacing the file's f_op. The NSM misc device leaves nsm_dev_fops.owner unset, so opening /dev/nsm does not take a module reference on the nsm driver. If the driver is built as a module, an open file descriptor can therefore survive rmmod of the module that provides its ioctl callbacks. A later ioctl through that descriptor can call into unloaded module text. Set nsm_dev_fops.owner to THIS_MODULE so the misc core holds the module while any /dev/nsm file descriptor is open, matching the lifetime expectation for the installed file operations.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4745-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.262-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.176-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.180-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.94-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.107-1	fixed
	forky	7.1.8-2	fixed
	sid	7.1.12-1	fixed
linux-6.12 (PTS)	bookworm (security)	6.12.101-1~deb12u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	(not affected)
linux	source	trixie	6.12.101-1
linux	source	(unstable)	7.1.6-1
linux-6.12	source	bookworm	6.12.101-1~deb12u1	DLA-4745-1

Notes

[bookworm] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/3b231f1e9990f4c21220d0a69733ce2105891ff9 (7.2-rc5)