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GHSA-298G-42H7-52M6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-14 00:31

Details

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:01 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:01

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

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d256dac008d1d9e63…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4affa4e8bc8086b4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bc597ce74bab4153…

Impacted products

2 products

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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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