CVE-2026-68201

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it

snd_timer_close_locked() drains the closing instance's own in-flight callback (IFLG_CALLBACK) before freeing it, but not its slaves'. When a master instance is closed, remove_slave_links() clears each slave's ->timer; the slave's own close then reads timer == NULL and takes the branch that skips the drain entirely (snd_timer_stop_slave() also no-ops on a NULL timer). So a slave whose callback is still running when the master is closed is freed underneath the live callback, leading to use-after-free.

Drain the slaves too before remove_slave_links() severs them. snd_timer_stop() has already taken this instance off the active list, so no new slave callback can be queued. Take the slaves off the ack list so a pending one can't fire either, then wait for any that is already in flight.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
5th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 14, 2026
Patch available.
generic

ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd461bcfcdf8d6b6b5365941c1d3859f8bc77aa0
generic

ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdefe1346a8e6b8dc8593406dc2617e985fcbcab
generic

ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/426c0ff1c433d6030610ad4f9375746dfe931caa
generic

ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b298997786876b225cff2446e11a0fa6f602f6d

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_22026-09-24redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_82026-09-24redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.101-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (32 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.101-1: fixed in 6.12.101-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.1~rc7-1~exp1 (161 versions)
  • every version up to 7.1.6-1: fixed in 7.1.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68201?
CVE-2026-68201 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it sndtimerclose_locked() drains the closing instance's own in-flight callback (IFLG_CALLBACK) before freeing it, but not its slaves'. When a master instance is…
When was CVE-2026-68201 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68201 was first published on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68201 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68201 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (5th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68201?
CVE-2026-68201 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68201?
A fix for CVE-2026-68201 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-68201 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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