{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-68242","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-07-30T09:28:09.377Z","datePublished":"2026-08-10T12:01:08.447Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:01:31.785Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:01:31.785Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure\n\nAvoid using intel_context_put() before intel_context_init() in\nexeclists_create_virtual() as the kref_put() inside would lead\nto NULL deref on the IOCTL path when sched_engine allocation fails.\n\nDiscovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by\nIntel Product Security.\n\n(cherry picked from commit 4f2a12f2d50e9f48227656e4dcbd6423506be31d)"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c"],"versions":[{"version":"3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391","lessThan":"edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391","lessThan":"82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675","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/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.6","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":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675"}],"title":"drm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}