5.7

CVE-2026-68242: drm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-68242DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68242
Published 10-08-2026Last modified 30-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-68242 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.7/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (OSV · Ubuntu), selected by version preference
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 15 · Related 15
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1SUSE-SU-2026:24371-1SUSE-SU-2026:24379-1SUSE-SU-2026:24386-1SUSE-SU-2026:24422-1SUSE-SU-2026:24437-1

Timeline

  1. 10-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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)

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.20% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu157 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.115-2 | < 7.1.6-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391, < 9ea0aaf8bf9fda6e101f2304391f066d99d0d054 | ≥ 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391, < bedeee4612afc15c53f8d3c6da05897506b4ca24 | ≥ 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391, < 7214db3e62fa9f0be7981cba9039bd835a79c070 | ≥ 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391, < c174969f6af6c22fc9c51aefcdb7f9183c3a329a | ≥ 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391, < edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271 | ≥ 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391, < 82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675 | 5.15

3 vendors · 159 products

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