CVE-2026-68357

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68357
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68357.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-68357
Downstream
Published
2026-08-10T12:03:34.241Z
Modified
2026-08-18T03:31:29.650509606Z
Summary
watchdog: pretimeout: Fix UAF in watchdog_unregister_governor()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

watchdog: pretimeout: Fix UAF in watchdogunregistergovernor()

When a watchdog governor is unregistered, it updates existing watchdog devices that were using this governor by falling back to default_gov.

If the governor being unregistered is currently set as default_gov, the default_gov is never cleared. This leads to 2 use-after-free issues: 1. New watchdog devices registered after this point will inherit the dangling default_gov. 2. Existing watchdog devices using the unregistered governor will have their wdd->gov reassigned to the dangling default_gov.

Fix the UAF by clearing default_gov if it matches the governor being unregistered.

Database specific
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    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68357.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
da0d12ff2b829a35e9921918e925d79497b82bef
Fixed
2e47b91b9b4020fcc01def14d6b6556d66074cf4
Fixed
0ca252720f0e38411cfec3431db9bb1aed0a412c
Fixed
7d1658b066de30f4b23afc14814d22416a971e6e
Fixed
7993d626983cc58fbde9607333cfd2d57725c197
Fixed
7362ba0f9c96ac3ad6a2ca3995bd9fc9a28a8661

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68357.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.9.0
Fixed
6.6.148
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.101
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.42
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68357.json"