CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68244

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 memory leak of the siblings[] array when an error occurred during processing of user extensions after a successful BALANCE/PARALLEL_SUBMIT extension on context creation. The fix addresses this leak.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak can lead to gradual exhaustion of system resources, potentially affecting performance and stability over time.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that eliminates the memory leak.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gem: Do not leak siblings[] on proto context error After a successful BALANCE/PARALLEL_SUBMIT extension on context creation, error during processing of next user extension leaks the siblings[] array. Fix that. Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security. (cherry picked from commit aa65e0a4b51b3b54b53e4142aaa2d997aa1061ff)

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