CVE-2026-68331 json
dpaa2-eth: put MAC endpoint device on disconnect
published 2026-08-10 2 mo ago modified 2026-08-19 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-55432
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dpaa2-eth: put MAC endpoint device on disconnect
fsl_mc_get_endpoint() returns the MAC endpoint device with a reference taken through device_find_child(). The Ethernet connect path stores that device in mac->mc_dev and keeps it for the lifetime of the connected MAC object.
However, the disconnect path only disconnects and closes the MAC before freeing the dpaa2_mac object. It does not drop the endpoint device reference stored in mac->mc_dev, so every successful connect leaks that device reference when the MAC is later disconnected.
Drop the endpoint device reference after closing the MAC and before freeing the dpaa2_mac object.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.187-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.101-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68331
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-198.208
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.124
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1118.128
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1SUSE-SU-2026:23897-1SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1SUSE-SU-2026:4120-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b6ffdb9ca4547a3c4c274aa3e25b6c68dbc62e1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1974127776da46a000c61f36d4946799ea6d4f51 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/915012e923316b8b5d5bf8fc771617b47bd7572d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e23e4a3b9dfd893469c731318d409cdf04fb1ddf commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f112df0744e2d77baa68eeebb860021bbaaa022a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3cecf169cc652b558d08661bb6ce55e4c933ec0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4b201cc93ff70150853aba03e14d314d1980ca0 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-68331 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: dpaa2-eth: put MAC endpoint device on disconnect
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel 6.12.0-55.94.1.el10_0affected: workaround, no fix available “To mitigate this issue, prevent the fsl_dpaa2_eth module from loading. See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for instructions.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +30 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +84 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26 kernel 6.12.0-55.94.1.el10_0 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
+1 more productsfewer
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
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Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/6b6ffdb9ca4547a3c4c274aa3e25b6c68dbc62e1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/1974127776da46a000c61f36d4946799ea6d4f51
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/915012e923316b8b5d5bf8fc771617b47bd7572d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e23e4a3b9dfd893469c731318d409cdf04fb1ddf
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f112df0744e2d77baa68eeebb860021bbaaa022a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a3cecf169cc652b558d08661bb6ce55e4c933ec0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b4b201cc93ff70150853aba03e14d314d1980ca0
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-68331
- NVD CVE-2026-68331
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