Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-68331dpaa2-eth: put MAC endpoint device on disconnect

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In plain English

A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dpaa2-eth: put MAC endpoint device on disconnect fsl_mc_get_endpoint() returns the MAC endpoint device with a reference taken through device_find_child(). The Ethernet connect path stores that device in mac->mc_dev and keeps it for the lifetime of the connected MAC object. However, the disconnect path only disconnects and closes the MAC before freeing the dpaa2_mac object. It does not drop the endpoint device reference stored in mac->mc_dev, so every successful connect leaks that device reference when the MAC is later disconnected. Drop the endpoint device reference after closing the MAC and before freeing the dpaa2_mac object.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.187-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68331
Debian:13linux6.12.101-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68331
Debian:14linux7.1.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68331
Debian:12linux-6.126.12.101-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-198.208UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-147.147UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-38.38UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1117.124UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1067.70UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1123.132UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1071.79UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.07.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1122.131UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1069.76UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.07.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1118.128UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1071.79UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1113.119UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1066.74UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gke7.0.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1100.108UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1052.56UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-38.38~24.04.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1111.115UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1067.68UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1112.118UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1109.114UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-195.205UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-147.147.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1112.113UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.07.0.0-1024.25~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bos7.0.0-2022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1070.72UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1059.59UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1114.120UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1064.67UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1013.13UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.07.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmware6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1080.84UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68331

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 71947923089353f23f4f210864903c4dcf2c1696 – before 6b6ffdb9ca4547a3c4c274aa3e25b6c68dbc62e171947923089353f23f4f210864903c4dcf2c1696 – before 1974127776da46a000c61f36d4946799ea6d4f5171947923089353f23f4f210864903c4dcf2c1696 – before 915012e923316b8b5d5bf8fc771617b47bd7572d71947923089353f23f4f210864903c4dcf2c1696 – before e23e4a3b9dfd893469c731318d409cdf04fb1ddf71947923089353f23f4f210864903c4dcf2c1696 – before f112df0744e2d77baa68eeebb860021bbaaa022a71947923089353f23f4f210864903c4dcf2c1696 – before a3cecf169cc652b558d08661bb6ce55e4c933ec071947923089353f23f4f210864903c4dcf2c1696 – before b4b201cc93ff70150853aba03e14d314d1980ca0
Linux Linux 5.5

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