CVE-2026-68427 (GCVE-0-2026-68427)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-10 12:04
Modified
2026-08-19 16:35
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpu: host1x: Fix use-after-free in host1x_bo_clear_cached_mappings __host1x_bo_unpin() drops the last reference to the mapping and frees it, so we can't dereference mapping afterwards. The cache itself outlives the mapping, so use the cache local variable instead.
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Linux Linux Version: af755456299d44e4ed6af3b7c70a7f03ea37fdf1
Version: 71c017b3f83ff72638f2a1b1d6d4e7bc61d30231
Version: 0e9dd7cfb9986b78cc81eca126ccfbf57f4c0602
Version: 8c0d3cf0d5108c96317e0eca92b60dd368867cef
Version: df63c76f9c8d881ca7bce1aecfba512328d0527d
Version: 3cbf5e3c46e66d9b3b6b91099bb720c6cb1be3bc
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Version: 6.6.145   ≤
Version: 6.12.97   ≤
Version: 6.18.40   ≤
Version: 7.1.5   ≤
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