Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-68281)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-68281). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/imagination: Count paired job fence as dependency in prepare_job()
The DRM scheduler's prepare_job() callback counts the remaining
non-signaled native dependencies for a job, preventing job submission
until those (plus job data and fence update) can fit in the job queue's
CCCB.
This means checking which dependencies can be waited upon in the
firmware, i.e. whether they are backed by a UFO object, i.e. whether
their drm_sched_fence::parent has been assigned to a
pvr_queue_fence::base fence. That happens when the job owning the fence
is submitted to the firmware.
Paired geometry and fragment jobs are submitted at the same time, which
means the dependency between them can't be checked this way before
submission.
Update job_count_remaining_native_deps() to take into account the
dependency between paired jobs.
This fixes cases where prepare_job() underestimated the space left in
an almost full fragment CCCB, wrongly unblocking run_job(), which then
returned early without writing the full sequence of commands to the
CCCB.
The above lead to kernel warnings such as the following and potentially
job timeouts (depending on waiters on the missing commands):
[ 375.702979] WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_cccb.c:178 at pvr_cccb_write_command_with_header+0x2c4/0x330 [powervr], CPU#1: kworker/u16:3/47
[ 375.703160] Modules linked in:
[ 375.703571] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 47 Comm: kworker/u16:3 Tainte…
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-68281 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-68281" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-68281 (Linux kernel)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-68281 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.103-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68281 linux Fixed in: 6.12.101-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68281 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com