CVE-2026-68218 media: pci: dm1105: Free allocated workqueue
A memory leak in the dm1105 PCI driver allows local attackers to exhaust system memory, potentially causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-68218?
CVE-2026-68218 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 10 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: pci: dm1105: Free allocated workqueue
Destroy allocated workqueue in remove() callback to free its resources, thus fixing memory leak.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-68218?
How do I fix CVE-2026-68218?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-68218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-68218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-68218, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68218, GHSA-2wwf-ghm6-xf65, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68218.