CVE-2026-68269 drm/i915/gem: Add missing nospec on parallel submit slot
A missing Spectre mitigation in the i915 GPU driver allows local attackers to potentially read sensitive memory via speculative execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-68269?
CVE-2026-68269 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 10 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915/gem: Add missing nospec on parallel submit slot
Add missing Spectre mitigation for userspace controlled parallel submission slot.
Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security.
(cherry picked from commit 15b9353deff3cf72331c387780de3cf9c316b643)
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-68269?
How do I fix CVE-2026-68269?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-68269 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-68269 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-68269, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68269, GHSA-4j2q-qh5f-j94p, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68269.