# CVE-2026-68371: usb: musb: omap2430: Do not put borrowed of\_node in probe

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.184, 6.1
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-08-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.1.2, fixed in 6.1.184; from 6.0.16, fixed in 6.1
- Linux: 6.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: musb: omap2430: Do not put borrowed of_node in probe omap2430_probe() stores pdev->dev.of_node in a local np variable. This is a borrowed pointer and the probe function does not take a reference to it. The success and error paths nevertheless call of_node_put(np). This drops a reference that is owned by the platform device, and can leave pdev->dev.of_node with an unbalanced reference count. Do not put the borrowed platform device node from omap2430_probe(). References taken for the child MUSB device are handled by the device core, and the ctrl-module phandle reference is still released separately.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.184, 6.1) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0e68402d13cd9ffb289da50e65d4429d0002174
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eed56f105a7f70cbcfceb4df6deb6870fc58214d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58d1c81c0b54a0b9aa6d6af077b09aa2f1bd2193
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0950ac52426b0ab32d3b8cf4afe1711668b19cb8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c525c851e5912b9753622d796f2bc55c4913b04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c947360ae63eee1c9eacc030dd6f5a53f717addf

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