# drm/xe/vm: Fix SVM leak on resv obj alloc failure in xe_vm_create()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-68298`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-68298`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-401](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 10 Aug 2026, 12:02 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `9e978741488261e117bb50e5dfcf8e4080990958 to before 279339aa8bdcf9db40094cf2bcbd495c53dbe817` (git)
  - affected: `9e978741488261e117bb50e5dfcf8e4080990958 to before 9ac92736030f3395d970c300eaeb59ac258a0c3e` (git)
  - affected: `9e978741488261e117bb50e5dfcf8e4080990958 to before d2c6800ad1802bed72a6de1416536737f114f1d6` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.18`
  - unaffected: `before 6.18` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.42 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.1.6 to 7.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0013, the 2nd percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-68298](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68298)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-68298](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68298)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/279339aa8bdcf9db40094cf2bcbd495c53dbe817>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ac92736030f3395d970c300eaeb59ac258a0c3e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2c6800ad1802bed72a6de1416536737f114f1d6>

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