{"cve":"CVE-2026-68242","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-10T13:20:12.613","modified":"2026-10-21T13:19:26.067","status":"Received","description":"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() 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)","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7214db3e62fa9f0be7981cba9039bd835a79c070","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bedeee4612afc15c53f8d3c6da05897506b4ca24","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c174969f6af6c22fc9c51aefcdb7f9183c3a329a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-68242","score":0.002,"percentile":0.0972,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}