TI-2026-48021 Aliases CVE-2026-68242 GHSA-4cj7-cqhw-3cg9

drm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure

LOW 22Published 2026-08-10 · Updated 2026-10-30

Key facts

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Confidentiality · integrity · availability: —
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure Avoid using intel_context_put() before intel_context_init() in execlists_create_virtual() as the kref_put() inside would lead to NULL deref on the IOCTL path when sched_engine allocation fails. Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security. (cherry picked from commit 4f2a12f2d50e9f48227656e4dcbd6423506be31d)

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00211 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114 +3Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	5.15 and later	6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.1.6, 7.2	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.15 and later Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.1.6, 7.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	—	—	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.1.6, 7.2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope

Not affected: 4 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68242
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4cj7-cqhw-3cg9
2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@c174969f6af6c22fc9c51aefcdb7f9183c3a329a · CNA
2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@7214db3e62fa9f0be7981cba9039bd835a79c070 +1 · CNA
2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@9ea0aaf8bf9fda6e101f2304391f066d99d0d054 · CNA
2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA

References

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Sources

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