{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-68468","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-07-30T09:28:09.396Z","datePublished":"2026-08-15T05:51:26.686Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:06:10.123Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:06:10.123Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: virt-concat: free duplicate generated name\n\nEvery MTD registration runs mtd_virt_concat_create_join().  Once a\nvirtual concat has already been registered, the function builds the same\nname again and takes the equal-name branch.  That branch skips to the\nnext item without freeing the newly allocated string.\n\nFree the temporary name before continuing."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/mtd/mtd_virt_concat.c"],"versions":[{"version":"43db6366fc2de02050e66389f5628d3fdc9af10a","lessThan":"0e65079d28e5c461b6813ea5821be4dfff24ff63","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"43db6366fc2de02050e66389f5628d3fdc9af10a","lessThan":"caa0ecbeff4f7fbf70f22bd8ca598918bffb1b78","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/mtd/mtd_virt_concat.c"],"versions":[{"version":"7.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e65079d28e5c461b6813ea5821be4dfff24ff63"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caa0ecbeff4f7fbf70f22bd8ca598918bffb1b78"}],"title":"mtd: virt-concat: free duplicate generated name","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}