{"cve":"CVE-2026-68181","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-10T13:20:05.110","modified":"2026-08-23T13:16:34.900","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmei: bus: access mei_device under device_lock on cleanup\n\nFix couple of problems in mei_cl_bus_dev_release():\n\nmei_cl_flush_queues() is running without lock.\nbus->file_list access after mei_dev_bus_put(bus) can become a\nuse-after-free if this was the last reference to bus.\n\nProtect queues cleanup and WARN traversal by device lock there\nto avoid the concurrent access problems.\nMove WARN traversal before mei_dev_bus_put(bus).\n\nThis file uses bus variable name for mei_device, adjust\ncode of mei_cl_bus_dev_release() to use bus variable too.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02e3a755086db847d795f2593ebc45e8ee4f1755","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/441559d4c595f839b39f0ab6a4ae628427c2fd9e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59dd34854202d9a3faaa87a85205e553fe7150e1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf79e8d682fe93777268f029668ce5e214237fd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c88c030a324c9018b77894a19b2564eb66862020"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:47:54.990491175+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-68181","score":0.00211,"percentile":0.11402,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}