CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68267

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the drm/xe/rtp driver had a security issue where OA registers were unconditionally whitelisted. The fix sets the RING_FORCE_TO_NONPRIV_DENY bit in OA nonpriv slots to prevent these registers from being whitelisted by default after reset.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that without this fix, OA registers may be accessible to unprivileged processes, potentially leading to privilege escalation or information disclosure.

Recommendation

It is recommended to apply the kernel patch that sets the RING_FORCE_TO_NONPRIV_DENY bit as soon as possible, and update the system to a kernel version containing this fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/rtp: Add RING_FORCE_TO_NONPRIV_DENY to OA whitelists Unconditionally whitelisting OA registers is a security violation. Set RING_FORCE_TO_NONPRIV_DENY bit in OA nonpriv slots, so that OA registers don't get whitelisted by default after probe, gt reset, resume and engine reset. (cherry picked from commit 90511bdcfda97211c01f1d945d4ea616578d8fca)

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