CVE-2026-68242
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
10/08/2026
Last modified:
17/08/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
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drm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure<br />
<br />
Avoid using intel_context_put() before intel_context_init() in<br />
execlists_create_virtual() as the kref_put() inside would lead<br />
to NULL deref on the IOCTL path when sched_engine allocation fails.<br />
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Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by<br />
Intel Product Security.<br />
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(cherry picked from commit 4f2a12f2d50e9f48227656e4dcbd6423506be31d)