{"cve":"CVE-2026-68461","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:18:34.113","modified":"2026-10-19T22:17:20.430","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndevice property: initialize the remaining fields of fwnode_handle in fwnode_init()\n\nIf a firmware node is allocated on the stack (for instance: temporary\nsoftware node whose life-time we control) or on the heap - but using a\nnon-zeroing allocation function - and initialized using fwnode_init(),\nits secondary pointer will contain uninitialized memory which likely\nwill be neither NULL nor IS_ERR() and so may end up being dereferenced\n(for example: in dev_to_swnode()). Set fwnode->secondary to NULL on\ninitialization. While at it: initialize the remaining fields of struct\nfwnode_handle too just to be sure.\n\n[ Fix typo in commit message. - Danilo ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-665"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0198d579948322cda5178b9672d448375a32f947","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/173b61c9276c7b3a5fbcc63ae7aafc897fee1e18","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eba000621fff223dd7bab484d48918c7c77a307","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c86a1f930bb2ddb85f867b4736716e82a4a4683","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81e2af41de6a159837c7129a4fc444ac6e48046"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:56:58.798400159+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-68461","score":0.00176,"percentile":0.0705,"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."]}