# device property: initialize the remaining fields of fwnode_handle in fwnode_init()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-68461`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-68461`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-665](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/665.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-665](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-665.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 15 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 15 Aug 2026, 05:51 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: `01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to before 0198d579948322cda5178b9672d448375a32f947` (git)
  - affected: `01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to before 173b61c9276c7b3a5fbcc63ae7aafc897fee1e18` (git)
  - affected: `01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to before f0b4e1cc8ad76baf49d898727eb52e91a4ef0544` (git)
  - affected: `01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to before c8542b68ba6ef4f61072098893a3f5b71c569b6c` (git)
  - affected: `01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to before 9c86a1f930bb2ddb85f867b4736716e82a4a4683` (git)
  - affected: `01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to before c81e2af41de6a159837c7129a4fc444ac6e48046` (git)
  - affected: `01bb86b380a306bd937c96da36f66429f3362137 to before 7eba000621fff223dd7bab484d48918c7c77a307` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.11`
  - unaffected: `before 5.11` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.212 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.178 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.145 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.96 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.39 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.1.5 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 5 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 15 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-68461](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68461)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-68461](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68461)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0198d579948322cda5178b9672d448375a32f947>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/173b61c9276c7b3a5fbcc63ae7aafc897fee1e18>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0b4e1cc8ad76baf49d898727eb52e91a4ef0544>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8542b68ba6ef4f61072098893a3f5b71c569b6c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c86a1f930bb2ddb85f867b4736716e82a4a4683>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81e2af41de6a159837c7129a4fc444ac6e48046>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eba000621fff223dd7bab484d48918c7c77a307>

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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