CVE-2026-68357

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: pretimeout: Fix UAF in watchdogunregistergovernor When a watchdog governor is unregistered, it updates existing watchdog devices that were using this governor by falling back to defaultgov. If the governor being...

CVE-2026-68357

The CVE pertains to the Linux kernel watchdog subsystem. It describes a use-after-free (UAF) that occurs when a watchdog governor is unregistered and the currently active governor is also the default_gov. In this case, the default_gov is not cleared, causing: (1) new watchdog devices to inherit a...

CVE-2026-68357 watchdog: pretimeout: Fix UAF in watchdog_unregister_governor()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchdog: pretimeout: Fix UAF in watchdogunregistergovernor When a watchdog governor is unregistered, it updates existing watchdog devices that were using this governor by falling back to defaultgov. If the governor being...