{"id":"CVE-2026-68242","summary":"drm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure\n\nAvoid using intel_context_put() before intel_context_init() in\nexeclists_create_virtual() as the kref_put() inside would lead\nto NULL deref on the IOCTL path when sched_engine allocation fails.\n\nDiscovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by\nIntel Product Security.\n\n(cherry picked from commit 4f2a12f2d50e9f48227656e4dcbd6423506be31d)","modified":"2026-08-12T04:18:46.983779109Z","published":"2026-08-10T12:01:08.447Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68242.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68242.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68242"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391"},{"fixed":"edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271"},{"fixed":"82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68242.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.15.0"},{"fixed":"7.1.6"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-68242.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}