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.
How to fix
- Linux Linux1996639f824ce9468395cdb7bcb8f467fa787e77, 1da310b94504d42001e9c32c43c5dc105b777e5f, 9e9a82d00c3d10129fc310a7547b24a679d5d920, 3b231f1e9990f4c21220d0a69733ce2105891ff9 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 ≤ v < 1996639f824ce9468395cdb7bcb8f467fa787e77, b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 ≤ v < 1da310b94504d42001e9c32c43c5dc105b777e5f, b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 ≤ v < 9e9a82d00c3d10129fc310a7547b24a679d5d920, b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 ≤ v < 3b231f1e9990f4c21220d0a69733ce2105891ff9, 6.8 | 1996639f824ce9468395cdb7bcb8f467fa787e77, 1da310b94504d42001e9c32c43c5dc105b777e5f, 9e9a82d00c3d10129fc310a7547b24a679d5d920, 3b231f1e9990f4c21220d0a69733ce2105891ff9 |
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