drm/i915: Return NULL on error in active_instance
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 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: Return NULL on error in active_instance Avoid returning &node->base when node is NULL due to OOM during GFP_ATOMIC allocation. Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security. (cherry picked from commit 6029bc064f0b1bac184203a50fbaaf070fa18832)
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00173 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148 +4Red Hat: 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 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 |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68248
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38v6-hrg2-9478
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a727a004d14580b2fc9bec9e1a9ea60a9016cfcf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bc7c50ffca43e1824cf29738d0572f1eb21f261
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32c1a2afa90dd07df931f0b12578de1dbb751f0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b238d86e7f43afde8e830ef5b8d89ffedbbc7613
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbec6a57959ab503e3ad4ad6edd51efb585dce92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58b7e63ca0cd964190957ddd169c899256acaee9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e33f0de5fdcd09e51fdec1e5822448970b6420f
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68248 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68248 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-38v6-hrg2-9478 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68248 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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