{"id":"CVE-2026-68371","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: musb: omap2430: Do not put borrowed of_node in probe\n\nomap2430_probe() stores pdev->dev.of_node in a local np variable","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: musb: omap2430: Do not put borrowed of_node in probe\n\nomap2430_probe() stores pdev->dev.of_node in a local np variable. This is\na borrowed pointer and the probe fu…","severity":"high","cvss":8.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","published":"2026-08-10","updated":"2026-08-23","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68371","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0950ac52426b0ab32d3b8cf4afe1711668b19cb8","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58d1c81c0b54a0b9aa6d6af077b09aa2f1bd2193","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c525c851e5912b9753622d796f2bc55c4913b04","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c947360ae63eee1c9eacc030dd6f5a53f717addf","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eed56f105a7f70cbcfceb4df6deb6870fc58214d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0e68402d13cd9ffb289da50e65d4429d0002174","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00182,"epssPercentile":0.08074,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-23T13:48:07.069Z","slug":"CVE-2026-68371","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: musb: omap2430: Do not put borrowed of_node in probe\n\nomap2430_probe() stores pdev->dev.of_node in a local np variable. This is\na borrowed pointer and the probe function does not take a reference to\nit.\n\nThe success and error paths nevertheless call of_node_put(np). This drops\na reference that is owned by the platform device, and can leave\npdev->dev.of_node with an unbalanced reference count.\n\nDo not put the borrowed platform device node from omap2430_probe().\nReferences taken for the child MUSB device are handled by the device core,\nand the ctrl-module phandle reference is still released separately.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":46,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":46.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}