CVE-2026-68248 (GCVE-0-2026-68248)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-10 12:01
Modified
2026-08-19 16:32
Severity ?
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)
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Linux Linux Version: bfaae47db3c0989c0ca82a1d59ca3088860b1845
Version: bfaae47db3c0989c0ca82a1d59ca3088860b1845
Version: bfaae47db3c0989c0ca82a1d59ca3088860b1845
Version: bfaae47db3c0989c0ca82a1d59ca3088860b1845
Version: bfaae47db3c0989c0ca82a1d59ca3088860b1845
Version: bfaae47db3c0989c0ca82a1d59ca3088860b1845
Version: bfaae47db3c0989c0ca82a1d59ca3088860b1845
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