CVE-2026-68248
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Description
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)
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-08-10 13:20:13.303000
Last modified
2026-11-06 17:19:26.647000
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