{"id":"CVE-2026-68242","title":"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() i…","summary":"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() i…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391 < c174969f6af6c22fc9c51aefcdb7f9183c3a329a","Linux >= 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391 < edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271","Linux >= 3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391 < 82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675","Linux 5.15"],"published":"2026-08-10","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T11:17:40.450","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68242","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c174969f6af6c22fc9c51aefcdb7f9183c3a329a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00189,"epssPercentile":0.07973,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T11:00:41.695Z","slug":"CVE-2026-68242","body":"## Overview\n\nIn 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)\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}