{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-68438 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-68438 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 12 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-68438 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-68438 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 12 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-68438 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68438/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68438/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-68438","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68438/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-68438","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68438","GHSA-26r5-rg9x-853c","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68438"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A race condition in Linux kernel SMP CSD lock acquisition during debug mode can cause system hangs or panics.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmp: Make CSD lock acquisition atomic for debug mode\n\nCommit b0473dcd4b1d (\"smp: Improve smp_call_function_single()\nCSD-lock diagnostics\") changed smp_call_function_single() so that,\nwhen CSD lock debugging is enabled, async !wait calls use the\ndestination CPU csd_data. That improves diagnostics, but it also removes\nthe single-writer property that made the old csd_lock() safe: multiple\nCPUs can now prepare the same destination CPU CSD concurrently.\n\ncsd_lock() currently waits for CSD_FLAG_LOCK to clear and then sets the\nbit with a non-atomic read-modify-write. Two senders can both see an\nunlocked CSD, set the bit, overwrite the callback fields, and enqueue\nthe same llist node. Re-adding a node that is already the queue head can\nmake node-\u003enext point to itself, leaving the target CPU stuck walking\ncall_single_queue. Later synchronous work, such as a TLB shootdown, can\nthen remain queued and trigger soft-lockup warnings or panics.\n\nKeep the single csd_lock() implementation, but when CSD lock debugging is\nenabled, acquire CSD_FLAG_LOCK with try_cmpxchg_acquire(). This makes the\ndestination CPU CSD a real atomic lock in the only configuration where it\ncan be shared by multiple remote senders, while preserving the existing\nnon-debug fast path.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"smp: Make CSD lock acquisition atomic for debug mode","id":"CVE-2026-68438","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"race_condition","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix possible NULL-pointer deref in mt7925_mcu_bss_he_tlv()","id":"CVE-2026-68439"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"drm/imagination: Fit paired fragment job in the correct CCCB","id":"CVE-2026-68437"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-17","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A race condition in Linux kernel SMP CSD lock acquisition during debug mode can cause system hangs or panics.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-68438/"}