CVE-2026-68363

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CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: don't dereference hif_dev after re-arming firmware request

ath9k_hif_request_firmware() re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via request_firmware_nowait(), passing hif_dev as the completion context, and then still dereferences hif_dev:

dev_info(&hif_dev->udev->dev, "ath9k_htc: Firmware %s requested\n", hif_dev->fw_name);

The re-armed callback ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb() runs on the "events" workqueue and, when the firmware is missing, walks the retry chain into ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail() -> complete_all(&hif_dev->fw_done). That releases the wait_for_completion(&hif_dev->fw_done) in a concurrent ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect(), which then kfree()s hif_dev. The trailing dev_info() in the frame that re-armed the request can therefore read freed memory (hif_dev->udev, the first field of struct hif_device_usb):

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ath9k_hif_request_firmware Read of size 8 ... by task kworker/... ath9k_hif_request_firmware ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1247 request_firmware_work_func Allocated by ...: ath9k_hif_usb_probe drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c Freed by ...: ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect -> kfree drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c

The fw_done barrier only makes disconnect wait for the firmware chain to *terminate*; it does not protect the outer ath9k_hif_request_firmware() frame that re-armed the request and keeps touching hif_dev afterwards.

Drop the post-request dev_info(): it is the only use of hif_dev after the async request is armed, and it is purely informational (the dev_err() on the failure path runs only when request_firmware_nowait() did not arm a callback, so hif_dev is still alive there).

This was first reported by syzbot as a single, non-reproduced crash that was later auto-obsoleted, and was independently rediscovered by the reFuzz fuzzer, which produced a C reproducer (USB-gadget connect/disconnect of an ath9k_htc device whose firmware download fails). The vulnerable code is unchanged and still present in v7.1-rc6, where the slab-use-after-free reproduces under KASAN once the (sub-microsecond) race window is widened.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

References (8)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68363(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)

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.

  1. 2026-08-19 17:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-19 17:21 UTCNVD update
  3. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-19 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-19 16:43 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  6. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-17 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-17 06:18 UTCNVD update
  11. 2026-08-17 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  13. 2026-08-17 01:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-13 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-13 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-10 13:24 UTCNVD update
  21. 2026-08-10 12:18 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-10 12:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-68363?
CVE-2026-68363 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hifusb: don't dereference hifdev after re-arming firmware request ath9khifrequest_firmware() re-arms an asynchronous firmware load via requestfirmwarenowait(), passing hif_dev as the completion context, and then still…
When was CVE-2026-68363 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68363 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68363 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68363 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 92.7% of all scored CVEs.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68363?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68363, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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