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CVE-2026-68231: media: airspy: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 04344d0b4929caa94c0df72f767752aa0935ef5d, 122ce0c0af629a8765ddf1adf6fb85c6db3d47cb, 170fcc945bc094b1c956bf555c070692826a3eff; azl3 kernel 6.6.143.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.150.1-1.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 04344d0b4929caa94c0df72f767752aa0935ef5d, 122ce0c0af629a8765ddf1adf6fb85c6db3d47cb, 170fcc945bc094b1c956bf555c070692826a3eff; azl3 kernel 6.6.143.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.150.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: airspy: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure The vb2 framework hands buffers to the driver via buf_queue() before calling start_streaming(). If start_streaming() returns an error without first returning those buffers via vb2_buffer_done(), vb2_start_streaming() fires WARN_ON(owned_by_drv_count) and the queued buffers leak. airspy_start_streaming() returned -ENODEV early when the USB device had been disconnected (s->udev == NULL) without returning any buffers that buf_queue() had already accepted. Take v4l2_lock first and jump to the existing err_clear_bit label, which already drains s->queued_bufs via vb2_buffer_done(..., VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED) before unlocking. This mirrors the uvcvideo fix in commit 4cf3b6fd54eb ("media: uvcvideo: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure").

—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 10, 2026
Updated
Aug 19, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 12th percentile
CWE
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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
0 / 40 · —
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Linux Linux

    • 3.17affected
    • 634fe5033951b80ef4b98d8f047cb1083d29170d and later · before badceeb82a9d8d8e98d07859f3c89130ae1998b9affected · git
    • 634fe5033951b80ef4b98d8f047cb1083d29170d and later · before 122ce0c0af629a8765ddf1adf6fb85c6db3d47cbaffected · git
    • 634fe5033951b80ef4b98d8f047cb1083d29170d and later · before bcdf261c4c29077fc3da6449f7eda77357046205affected · git
    • 634fe5033951b80ef4b98d8f047cb1083d29170d and later · before 877686a74ecdc93dcaee09dbac566e819059c9e7affected · git
    • 634fe5033951b80ef4b98d8f047cb1083d29170d and later · before cd42623d698b59f1fe5768f78a4101c28d5feb2eaffected · git
    • 634fe5033951b80ef4b98d8f047cb1083d29170d and later · before 73bd2779865372b1017d4f555b45270aa2d0d710affected · git
    • 634fe5033951b80ef4b98d8f047cb1083d29170d and later · before 170fcc945bc094b1c956bf555c070692826a3effaffected · git
    • 634fe5033951b80ef4b98d8f047cb1083d29170d and later · before 04344d0b4929caa94c0df72f767752aa0935ef5daffected · git
    • before 3.17not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.187-16.1.187-1
Debian:12linux-6.12before 6.12.101-1~deb12u16.12.101-1~deb12u1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.101-16.12.101-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.1.6-17.1.6-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-68229Aug 10, 2026 · media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-68230Aug 10, 2026 · media: amlogic-c3: Add validations for ae and awb config
    29Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-68232Aug 10, 2026 · drm/gpusvm: Fix MM reference leak in drm_gpusvm_range_evict
    0Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux04344d0b4929caa94c0df72f767752aa0935ef5dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux122ce0c0af629a8765ddf1adf6fb85c6db3d47cbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux170fcc945bc094b1c956bf555c070692826a3effVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux73bd2779865372b1017d4f555b45270aa2d0d710Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux877686a74ecdc93dcaee09dbac566e819059c9e7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbadceeb82a9d8d8e98d07859f3c89130ae1998b9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbcdf261c4c29077fc3da6449f7eda77357046205Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxcd42623d698b59f1fe5768f78a4101c28d5feb2eVendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.143.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.150.1-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.1.187-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux-6.126.12.101-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Variant candidates

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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