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CVE-2026-68244: drm/i915/gem: Do not leak siblings[] on proto context error

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-10 · updated 2026-08-19

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gem: Do not leak siblings[] on proto context error After a successful BALANCE/PARALLEL_SUBMIT extension on context creation, error during processing of next user extension leaks the siblings[] array. Fix that. Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security. (cherry picked from commit aa65e0a4b51b3b54b53e4142aaa2d997aa1061ff)

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 5.15 — fixed in 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37951ce1567ccf8c86c7a1b8fb7d55a32c821b87
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60b7d701ffae0c3a69e838f984cc80d8ca929f5d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cdbef8f60f313684e641628d64aa85960080d3f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8431a4d7ff95c7f9c6fb1dbbbc9cdadf29d4f6d5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e600672f11a1d9215f5432ca58f0b9823917a292
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eed3de2acf6aa5154d49098b026710b646db67ee
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f014702fbd48d06a3d7a06e4bb4075d406376cf0

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