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CVE-2026-68178: Linux 6.8
CVE-2026-68178. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00163 (percentile 0.05168), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 to before 1996639f824ce9468395cdb7bcb8f467fa787e77, b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 to before 1da310b94504d42001e9c32c43c5dc105b777e5f, b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 to before 9e9a82d00c3d10129fc310a7547b24a679d5d920, b9873755a6c8ccfce79094c4dce9efa3ecb1a749 to before 3b231f1e9990f4c21220d0a69733ce2105891ff9
Linux
Linux · 6.8
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/misc/nsm.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00163 · percentile 0.05168 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 16:55:38.548135+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-68178.html