{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3e28d37146db5dd49c469bc62a93ca791067d391"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.15.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68242.json"
  },
  "details": "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)",
  "id": "CVE-2026-68242",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T03:51:16.111341575Z",
  "published": "2026-08-10T12:01:08.447Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ec992c404c3dc774c5e9f3d4aa858e97187675"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edd4804f07b8369ed472de19272974e2bf2a6271"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68242.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68242"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "drm/i915/gt: Fix NULL deref on sched_engine alloc failure"
}