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    CVE-2026-68247 Fixes Linux i915 Panel Bounds Check

    CVE-2026-68247 closes a missing bounds check in the Linux kernel’s Intel i915 graphics driver, preventing an invalid panel_type2 value in firmware-supplied display data from being accepted when the driver initializes a second internal display panel. The immediate action is straightforward: Linux...
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    CVE-2026-68269 Affects Linux i915, Not Windows or WSL

    CVE-2026-68269 closes a Spectre-class information-disclosure gap in Linux’s Intel i915 graphics driver, but it is not a Windows kernel vulnerability and it is not a reason for ordinary Windows 11 or standard WSL users to panic-patch their Intel graphics driver. The issue sits in the Linux...
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    CVE-2026-68248 Fixes i915 Crash in Linux Under Memory Pressure

    CVE-2026-68248 fixes a kernel crash path in Intel’s legacy i915 graphics driver that can be reached when the driver fails to allocate a small activity-tracking object under atomic memory pressure. Linux systems using upstream kernel releases 5.13 through the unfixed stable branches should move...
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    CVE-2026-68241: Linux 7.2-rc3 Caps i915 MST Loop

    CVE-2026-68241 tracks an Intel i915 display-driver flaw that can leave a Linux system repeatedly servicing DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport interrupts from a misbehaving downstream device. The upstream fix is already present in Linux 7.2-rc3, but as of Tuesday, August 11, the public NVD page...
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    CVE-2026-68254 Fixes Linux i915 VRR Validation Flaw

    CVE-2026-68254 has been assigned to a small but meaningful validation flaw in the Linux Intel i915 graphics driver’s variable refresh rate path: the driver must now reject Variable Refresh Rate configurations that lack valid minimum and maximum vertical-refresh values. For ordinary Windows...
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    CVE-2026-31767: Linux i915 DSI Divide-by-Zero Crash and the Windows Driver Clue

    CVE-2026-31767 is a Linux kernel vulnerability published on May 1, 2026, affecting Intel’s i915 DSI display path, where a faulty Display Stream Compression timing adjustment can trigger a local divide-by-zero crash on certain systems. The bug is rated medium severity, not because it opens a...
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    CVE-2026-31540 i915 NULL Pointer Dereference: Linux Intel GPU Sleep Crash Fix

    CVE-2026-31540 is a Linux kernel i915 graphics-driver NULL pointer dereference, published on April 24, 2026, affecting Intel GPU systems where required i915 firmware is missing and suspend triggers an unchecked function-pointer call. It is not a Windows vulnerability in the usual Patch Tuesday...
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    CVE-2022-48893: Intel i915 Partial Engine Cleanup Fix in Linux Kernel

    The Linux kernel fix tracked as CVE-2022-48893 addresses a long-standing robustness gap in the Intel i915 DRM driver: when driver initialization aborts partway through GT/engine discovery, some engine structures could remain only partially initialized, leaving their cleanup hooks unset...
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    Intel i915 CVE-2023-52913 UAF: Patch, Mitigations, and Ops Guide

    The Linux kernel’s graphics stack received a surgical but important fix addressing a potential use‑after‑free (UAF) in the Intel i915 driver: gem_context_register() could make a newly created context visible to userspace before the kernel had finished using the context pointer, opening a race...