CVE-2026-68443

hwmon: (gigabyte_waterforce) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop

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Published: August 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

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().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.8 ≤ v < 6.12.1016.8 ≤ v < 6.18.426.8 ≤ v < 7.1.66.8 ≤ v < 7.242ac68e3d4ba06ad17bc56b790dbccc37e76e0ba6.8
Vendor states this is fixed in 0842e9faab04f784d01125085195031252ff9695 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a855f678ba37ef82c4dd22926ad740ecfb8dbedf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f36e12cc8cfe996d627b8a82bd9df9e43270f6e2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ff0c5c53d08274e200b48a4d53aa078265e873cb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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