Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-68416

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patch available.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: fix double free and WARN_ON in
    add_mtd_device() error paths When device_register() or mtd_nvmem_add() fails inside add_mtd_device() for a
    partition, the error handling triggers mtd_release() via put_device() or device_unregister().
    mtd_release() calls release_mtd_partition() which frees the mtd_info structure. However, callers such as
    mtd_add_partition() and add_mtd_partitions() also call free_partition() in their error paths, resulting in
    a double free. Additionally, release_mtd_partition() hits WARN_ON(!list_empty( &mtd->part.node)) because
    the partition node is still linked in the parent's partitions list when the release callback fires from
    the add_mtd_device() error path. Fix this by overriding dev->type and dev->release before put_device() in
    the error paths, so that device_release() invokes a no-op function instead of mtd_release(). For the
    mtd_nvmem_add() failure case, device_unregister() is replaced with device_del() to separate the device
    removal from the final kobject reference drop, allowing the override to take effect before put_device() is
    called. The callers' error paths (list_del + free_partition) remain the sole owners of mtd_info lifetime
    on add_mtd_device() failure, which is the expected contract. The normal partition teardown path is not
    affected: del_mtd_device() goes through kref_put() -> mtd_device_release() -> device_unregister() with
    dev->type still set to &mtd_devtype, so mtd_release() -> release_mtd_partition() continues to work
    correctly for the regular removal case. (CVE-2026-68416)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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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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        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "kernel-64k"},
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          {"reference": "kernel-64k-debug-core"},
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          {"reference": "kernel-rt-64k-core"},
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          {"reference": "kernel-rt-64k-debug-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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