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CVE-2026-68265 (GCVE-0-2026-68265)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:01 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:01
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Title
drm/xe/vm: Fix BO prefetch with CONSULT_MEM_ADVISE_PREF_LOC
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/vm: Fix BO prefetch with CONSULT_MEM_ADVISE_PREF_LOC When prefetch region is DRM_XE_CONSULT_MEM_ADVISE_PREF_LOC for a BO VMA, the code used it as an index into region_to_mem_type[], causing an out-of-bounds access since the value is -1. Resolve the preferred location for BO VMAs directly: local VRAM on dGFX (using the BO's tile placement) or system memory on iGPU. Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security. v2: -Fix null dereference (cherry picked from commit d9a4906ac03be9f6ed3f3b45c56c866b867fd75b)
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: c1bb69a2e8e2d55c3725e304d8b8fd189ee43fbe , < d256dac008d1d9e6378aa1a5454e89a8292d174c (git)
Affected: c1bb69a2e8e2d55c3725e304d8b8fd189ee43fbe , < c4affa4e8bc8086b4d3e8d6cf1055a624f813d72 (git)
Affected: c1bb69a2e8e2d55c3725e304d8b8fd189ee43fbe , < 7bc597ce74bab4153b2009c92eccf889e9d74044 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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