CVE-2026-68242
drm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure Avoid using intel_context_put() before intel_context_init() in execlists_create_virtual() as the kref_put() inside would lead to NULL deref on the IOCTL path when sched_engine allocation fails. Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security. (cherry picked from commit 4f2a12f2d50e9f48227656e4dcbd6423506be31d)
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Aug 10, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391 < edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391 < 82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675
Linux / Linux
5.15