{"cve":"CVE-2026-68091","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-10T12:17:21.870","modified":"2026-10-19T21:17:50.170","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: wacom: stop hardware after post-start probe failures\n\nwacom_parse_and_register() starts HID hardware before registering inputs\nand initializing pad LEDs/remotes. Those later steps can fail, but their\nerror paths currently release Wacom resources without stopping the HID\nhardware.\n\nRoute post-hid_hw_start() failures through hid_hw_stop() before\nreleasing driver resources.\n\nThis issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while\nreviewing kernel code.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-404"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a1ebdcb56ae58a0ee2c54dd15d75121e30424e3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e6473a4f0596182acdda5219b4bebfbee76514f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/416095e9a6037b4b39fcadd0d2bd77a8852211ec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d8b8c85ae0589fb85746a64e8908160e52aac3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a7ca028facf04921b2c1c2e4d1ee7f282510555"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:56:58.798400159+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-68091","score":0.00263,"percentile":0.17996,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}