CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68243

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the drm/i915/gem driver had a NULL pointer dereference when setting an engine slot to I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID and attempting to apply I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_SSEU to the same slot. The fix addresses this issue.

Risk Assessment

NULL pointer dereference can lead to system crashes or malfunction, potentially affecting service availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that eliminates the NULL pointer dereference.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gem: Fix NULL deref in I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_SSEU Setting context engine slot N into I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID / I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_NONE and attempting to apply I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_SSEU to the same slot N will deref NULL. Fix that. Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security. (cherry picked from commit 36eda5b5c2d40da41cc0a5403c26986237cf9e87)

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS