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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to NULL dereference in graphics engine scheduling", "id": "2513305", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513305"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-476", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ndrm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure\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.\nDiscovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by\nIntel Product Security.\n(cherry picked from commit 4f2a12f2d50e9f48227656e4dcbd6423506be31d)", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's graphics subsystem (specifically drm/i915/gt). This vulnerability arises from an improper handling of memory allocation failures during graphics engine scheduling, which can lead to a null pointer dereference. A local attacker could exploit this issue to trigger a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS)."], "name": "CVE-2026-68242", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_nvidia:", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhcos", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-08-10T12:01:08Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68242\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68242\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}