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              "introduced": "eaf01ee5ba28b97f96a3d3eec4c5fbfb37ee4cde"
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              "fixed": "9be3f4bd6f514f69c51a8c77ea64fce2729dc7f4"
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              "fixed": "c1136d907fd04ca5c62ba11c1159b5fe65a1760c"
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            {
              "fixed": "4af24c27a39ba147a613a09e10b9e0f7294524c0"
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "6.8.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.101"
            }
          ],
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            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.42"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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        {
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68263.json"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/imagination: Fix double call to drm_sched_entity_fini()\n\nCall sequence of double call:\npvr_context_destroy\n  pvr_context_kill_queues\n    pvr_queue_kill\n      drm_sched_entity_destroy\n        drm_sched_entity_fini // here\n  pvr_context_put\n    kref_put(..., pvr_context_release)\n      pvr_context_destroy_queues\n        pvr_queue_destroy\n          drm_sched_entity_fini // here\n\nCall to drm_sched_entity_destroy() from pvr_context_kill_queues() calls\ndrm_sched_entity_flush() + drm_sched_entity_fini().\ndrm_sched_entity_flush() ensures all pending jobs are completed and\ndrm_sched_entity_fini() ensures no further submission is allowed as\nper expectation from pvr_context_kill_queues(). Double call to\ndrm_sched_entity_fini() is misuse of the API so keep call only in\npvr_context_create() failure path.\n\nStack trace for issue with addition of refcounting for DRM entity\nstats in commit fd177135f0e6 (\"drm/sched: Account entity GPU time\"):\n\n[  789.490527] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[  789.490559] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.\n[  789.490657] WARNING: lib/refcount.c:28 at refcount_warn_saturate+0xf4/0x144, CPU#0: kworker/u16:1/440\n[  789.490695] Modules linked in: powervr drm_gpuvm drm_exec gpu_sched drm_shmem_helper xhci_plat_hcd xhci_hcd dwc3 usbcore usb_common snd_soc_simple_card snd_soc_simple_card_utils sa2ul sha512 sha256 dwc3_am62 sha1 authenc rti_wdt libsha512 at24 sch_fq_codel fuse dm_mod ipv6\n[  789.490798] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 440 Comm: kworker/u16:1 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc7-02049-g5e2c0700091b #22 PREEMPT\n[  789.490809] Hardware name: Texas Instruments AM625 SK (DT)\n[  789.490815] Workqueue: powervr-sched pvr_queue_fence_release_work [powervr]\n[  789.490868] pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n[  789.490876] pc : refcount_warn_saturate+0xf4/0x144\n[  789.490884] lr : refcount_warn_saturate+0xf4/0x144\n[  789.490892] sp : ffff8000822cbcc0\n[  789.490895] x29: ffff8000822cbcc0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000\n[  789.490909] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff800081b1e338 x24: ffff000004541405\n[  789.490922] x23: ffff000004bea950 x22: ffff00000042e400 x21: ffff000007123e30\n[  789.490935] x20: ffff000007123000 x19: ffff000007a80d50 x18: fffffffffffe7768\n[  789.490948] x17: 74736574202c6e6f x16: 697461746e656d65 x15: ffff800081b269f0\n[  789.490962] x14: 0000000000000030 x13: ffff800081b26a70 x12: 0000000000000211\n[  789.490975] x11: 00000000000000c0 x10: 0000000000000b50 x9 : ffff8000822cbb30\n[  789.490988] x8 : ffff0000014e7bb0 x7 : ffff00007725e780 x6 : 0000000372a05f49\n[  789.491001] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000010\n[  789.491013] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000014e7000\n[  789.491027] Call trace:\n[  789.491032]  refcount_warn_saturate+0xf4/0x144 (P)\n[  789.491043]  drm_sched_entity_fini+0x164/0x18c [gpu_sched]\n[  789.491081]  pvr_queue_destroy+0x64/0x134 [powervr]\n[  789.491110]  pvr_context_destroy_queues+0x34/0x64 [powervr]\n[  789.491138]  pvr_context_release+0x70/0xac [powervr]\n[  789.491166]  pvr_context_put.part.0+0x5c/0x7c [powervr]\n[  789.491193]  pvr_context_put+0x14/0x24 [powervr]\n[  789.491221]  pvr_queue_fence_release_work+0x20/0x38 [powervr]\n[  789.491249]  process_one_work+0x160/0x4c4\n[  789.491264]  worker_thread+0x188/0x310\n[  789.491276]  kthread+0x130/0x13c\n[  789.491287]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n[  789.491300] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---",
  "id": "CVE-2026-68263",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T03:51:40.218658943Z",
  "published": "2026-08-10T12:01:37.571Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4af24c27a39ba147a613a09e10b9e0f7294524c0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9be3f4bd6f514f69c51a8c77ea64fce2729dc7f4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1136d907fd04ca5c62ba11c1159b5fe65a1760c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c88fdbf3da26e0179629530cae7768cd3d4ead85"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68263.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68263"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "drm/imagination: Fix double call to drm_sched_entity_fini()"
}