Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-68178

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  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: nsm: pin the module while the
    device is open misc_open() installs a misc driver's file operations with fops_get(), which pins
    file_operations::owner before replacing the file's f_op. The NSM misc device leaves nsm_dev_fops.owner
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    open, matching the lifetime expectation for the installed file operations. (CVE-2026-68178)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
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          {"reference": "kernel-rt-64k-core"},
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
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  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
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