# media: rtl2832_sdr: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-68213`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-68213`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-401](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 10 Aug 2026, 12:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b to before fd1e11fc3849169285e48b2d4ec441614ad2ea74` (git)
  - affected: `771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b to before 772f2550fe32357557d3b2f88e02f7cf477f0789` (git)
  - affected: `771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b to before a248273f8af6e630a03e823274385725974009b5` (git)
  - affected: `771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b to before 465dc8e71d2db2ed603e749fa71392bcdccf07eb` (git)
  - affected: `771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b to before 0b08c0403cf672a121ace4eff647a9b240bd4e1b` (git)
  - affected: `771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b to before 894e83509c66910112b9eaeaa8cd66cd9806db91` (git)
  - affected: `771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b to before fc0b18782aab4e35078efe72863df8eab46560a8` (git)
  - affected: `771138920eafa399f68d3492c8a75dfeea23474b to before 33ca0aab6f4bd90921fc1395478f38f72c4d19af` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.15`
  - unaffected: `before 3.15` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.265 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.216 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.183 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.148 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.101 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.42 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.1.6 to 7.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-68213](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68213)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-68213](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68213)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd1e11fc3849169285e48b2d4ec441614ad2ea74>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/772f2550fe32357557d3b2f88e02f7cf477f0789>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a248273f8af6e630a03e823274385725974009b5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/465dc8e71d2db2ed603e749fa71392bcdccf07eb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b08c0403cf672a121ace4eff647a9b240bd4e1b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894e83509c66910112b9eaeaa8cd66cd9806db91>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc0b18782aab4e35078efe72863df8eab46560a8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33ca0aab6f4bd90921fc1395478f38f72c4d19af>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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