CVE-2026-68443 PUBLISHED

hwmon: (gigabyte_waterforce) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 12.08.2026 Updated: 12.08.2026

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

hwmon: (gigabyte_waterforce) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop

Calling hid_hw_stop() does not stop the device IO. This results in a race condition between hid_input_report() and the point immediately following the execution of hid_device_io_start() within the driver probe function. If the probe operation fails after "io start" has been initiated, this race condition will result in a UAF vulnerability.

Fix the problem by calling hid_device_io_stop() before calling hid_hw_stop().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 42ac68e3d4ba06ad17bc56b790dbccc37e76e0ba to a855f678ba37ef82c4dd22926ad740ecfb8dbedf (excl.)
  • affected from 42ac68e3d4ba06ad17bc56b790dbccc37e76e0ba to f36e12cc8cfe996d627b8a82bd9df9e43270f6e2 (excl.)
  • affected from 42ac68e3d4ba06ad17bc56b790dbccc37e76e0ba to 0842e9faab04f784d01125085195031252ff9695 (excl.)
  • affected from 42ac68e3d4ba06ad17bc56b790dbccc37e76e0ba to ff0c5c53d08274e200b48a4d53aa078265e873cb (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.101 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc5 to * (incl.)

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