CVE-2026-68248 Affecting kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop package, versions <0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEK64KMODULESDESKTOP-19600242
  • published5 Sept 2026
  • disclosed10 Aug 2026

Introduced: 10 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-68248  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop to version 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-500248.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop package and not the kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/i915: Return NULL on error in active_instance

Avoid returning &node->base when node is NULL due to OOM during GFP_ATOMIC allocation.

Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security.

(cherry picked from commit 6029bc064f0b1bac184203a50fbaaf070fa18832)

CVSS Base Scores

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