Linux Kernel up to 7.2-rc2 ueagle-atm wait_for_completion race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.2-rc2. Affected by this issue is the function wait_for_completion of the component ueagle-atm. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-68456. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.2-rc2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function wait_for_completion of the component ueagle-atm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: atm: ueagle-atm: wait for pre-firmware load in .disconnect() ueagle-atm uses the asynchronous request_firmware_nowait() in .probe(), but does not wait for its completion, not even in .disconnect(); so, if the device is unplugged meanwhile, its teardown runs concurrently with that. Even though this inconsistency is worth addressing on its own, it has also triggered several bug reports in syzbot over the years (some auto-closed) where the firmware sysfs fallback mechanism (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER) creates a firmware subdirectory in the device directory during its removal, which might hit unexpected conditions in kernfs, apparently, depending at which point the add and remove operations raced. (See links.) The pattern is: usb ?-?: Direct firmware load for ueagle-atm/eagle?.fw failed with error -2 usb ?-?: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: ueagle-atm/eagle?.fw <ERROR> Call trace: ... kernfs_create_dir_ns sysfs_create_dir_ns create_dir kobject_add_internal kobject_add_varg kobject_add class_dir_create_and_add get_device_parent device_add fw_load_sysfs_fallback fw_load_from_user_helper firmware_fallback_sysfs _request_firmware request_firmware_work_func ... (Some variations are observed, after fw_load_sysfs_fallback(), e.g., [1].) While the kernfs side is being looked at, the ueagle-atm side can be fixed by waiting for the pre-firmware load in the .disconnect() handler. This change has a similar approach to previous work by Andrey Tsygunka [2] (wait_for_completion() in .disconnect()), but it is relatively different in design/implementation; using the Originally-by tag for credit assignment. This has been tested with: - synthetic reproducer to check the error path; - USB gadget (virtual device) to check the firmware upload path; - QEMU device emulator to check the device ID re-enumeration path; (The latter two were written by Claude; no other code/text in this commit.) Links (year first reported): 2025 https://syzbot.org/bug?extid=ce1e5a1b4e086b43e56d 2025 https://syzbot.org/bug?extid=9af8471255ac36e34fd4 2024 https://syzbot.org/bug?extid=306212936b13e520679d 2023 https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=457452d30bcdda75ead2 2022 https://syzbot.org/bug?extid=782984d6f1701b526edb 2021 https://syzbot.org/bug?id=f3f221579f4ef7e9691281f3c6f56c05f83e8490 2021 https://syzbot.org/bug?id=84d86f0d71394829df6fc53daf6642c045983881 2021 https://syzbot.org/bug?id=3302dc1c0e2b9c94f2e8edb404eabc9267bc6f90 [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=457452d30bcdda75ead2 [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-68456 since 07/30/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5 or 7.2-rc3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d85f19aaef42a03e3e4765d659c761c8750a7f23/76861031b43a18065d13f9ffb8595d25c7576005/bbfedc84714064ea4845e6b76f96316eb5bb65d8/f2a6abc670104fc3e383ee3b1cf35c070485e3df/c581e30ae5b332d8acef64475a211b3f82099941/509b51327320bdeaef1969248177a446ded073ab/ddcdac47e1f2651c7be60e299f98faf981522797/e2674dfbed8a30d57e2bc872c4bfa6c3eec918bf is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kernel 5.10.261/5.15.212/6.1.178/6.6.145/6.12.97/6.18.40/7.1.5/7.2-rc3
Patch: d85f19aaef42a03e3e4765d659c761c8750a7f23/76861031b43a18065d13f9ffb8595d25c7576005/bbfedc84714064ea4845e6b76f96316eb5bb65d8/f2a6abc670104fc3e383ee3b1cf35c070485e3df/c581e30ae5b332d8acef64475a211b3f82099941/509b51327320bdeaef1969248177a446ded073ab/ddcdac47e1f2651c7be60e299f98faf981522797/e2674dfbed8a30d57e2bc872c4bfa6c3eec918bf

Timelineinfo

07/30/2026 CVE reserved
08/15/2026 +16 days Advisory disclosed
08/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-68456 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-68456
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-390182

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2026 08:07
Changes: 08/15/2026 08:07 (59)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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