Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2026· Updated Nov 6, 2026
CVE-2026-68243
CVE-2026-68243
Description
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)
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Affected products
15- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 6.12.0-160000.38.1+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.22
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.15.0, < 5.15.216
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b56757a9a7456825eb668fde92299e01c5e2721nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/726f27bca93e6c83b263542669132ee1d0eb693envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a4872ef927dee301d76085cb19f6e36d4a53a4nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/97f236379f06a5082d37c6a764edd56bb58a94cdnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9923c223d38fcd9602f41cc31d480e5299d9a38envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b226dee4ee1fff2909f79e8ad700b7082f8d3569nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd2edaca52ada833c341c8b264aaea9dd93369cnvd
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