{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "43db6366fc2de02050e66389f5628d3fdc9af10a"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0e65079d28e5c461b6813ea5821be4dfff24ff63"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "caa0ecbeff4f7fbf70f22bd8ca598918bffb1b78"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68468.json"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-68468",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:30:52.439895410Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:51:26.686Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e65079d28e5c461b6813ea5821be4dfff24ff63"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caa0ecbeff4f7fbf70f22bd8ca598918bffb1b78"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68468.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68468"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "mtd: virt-concat: free duplicate generated name"
}