cve 2026 68248

CVE-2026-68248 addresses a kernel crash in Intel's legacy i915 graphics driver that can occur when the driver fails to allocate a small activity-tracking object under atomic memory pressure. Linux systems running upstream kernel releases 5.13 through unfixed stable branches should update to a patched kernel. Fixed upstream releases include 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, and 7.2-rc2. The National Vulnerability Database published the record on August 10, 2026, but has not assigned a CVSS score, weakness classification, or severity rating. This absence is notable, as the issue is a real kernel defect with a CVE, but the lack of scoring may affect prioritization.