CVE-2026-68437 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2026-68437
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

Attack Complexity:
Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
Attack Vector:
Attack Vector Under Analysis
Privileges Required: None
No authentication is required for exploitation.
Scope:
Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
User Interaction: None
No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2026-68437 Details

Status: Received on 12 Aug 2026, 00:17 UTC

Published on: 12 Aug 2026, 00:17 UTC

CVSS Release:

CVE-2026-68437 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-68437: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/imagination: Fit paired fragment job in the correct CCCB For geometry jobs with a paired fragment job, at the moment, the DRM scheduler's prepare_job() callback: - checks for internal (driver) dependencies for the geometry job; - calls into pvr_queue_get_paired_frag_job_dep() to check for external dependencies for the fragment job (the two jobs are submitted together but the common scheduler code doesn't know about it, so this needs to be done at this point in time); - calls into the prepare_job() callback again, but for the fragment job, to check its internal dependencies as well, passing the fragment job's drm_sched_job and the geometry job's drm_sched_entity / pvr_queue. The problem with the last step is that pvr_queue_prepare_job() doesn't always take the mismatched fragment job and geometry queue into account, in particular when checking whether there is space for the fragment command to be submitted, so the code ends up checking for space in the geometry (i.e. wrong) CCCB. The rest of the nested prepare_job() callback happens to work fine at the moment as the other internal dependencies are not relevant for a paired fragment job. Move the initialisation of a paired fragment job's done fence and CCCB fence to pvr_queue_get_paired_frag_job_dep(), inferring the correct queue from the fragment job itself. This fixes cases where prepare_job() wrongly assumed that there was enough space for a paired fragment job in its own CCCB, unblocking run_job(), which then returned early without writing the full sequence of commands to the CCCB. The above lead to kernel warnings such as the following and potentially job timeouts (depending on waiters on the missing commands): [ 552.421075] WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_cccb.c:178 at pvr_cccb_write_command_with_header+0x2c4/0x330 [powervr], CPU#2: kworker/u16:5/63 [ 552.421230] Modules linked in: [ 552.421592] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 63 Comm: kworker/u16:5 Tainted: G W 7.0.0-rc2-gc5d053e4dccb #39 PREEMPT [ 552.421625] Tainted: [W]=WARN [ 552.421637] Hardware name: Texas Instruments AM625 SK (DT) [ 552.421655] Workqueue: powervr-sched drm_sched_run_job_work [gpu_sched] [ 552.421744] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 552.421766] pc : pvr_cccb_write_command_with_header+0x2c4/0x330 [powervr] [ 552.421850] lr : pvr_queue_submit_job_to_cccb+0x57c/0xa74 [powervr] [ 552.421923] sp : ffff800084c47650 [ 552.421936] x29: ffff800084c47740 x28: 0000000000000df8 x27: ffff800088a77000 [ 552.421979] x26: 0000000000000030 x25: ffff800084c47680 x24: 0000000000001000 [ 552.422017] x23: ffff800084c47820 x22: 1ffff00010988ecc x21: 0000000000000008 [ 552.422055] x20: 0000000000000208 x19: ffff000006ad5a88 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 552.422093] x17: 0000000020020000 x16: 0000000000020000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 552.422130] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 552.422167] x11: 000000000000f2f2 x10: 00000000f3000000 x9 : 00000000f3f3f3f3 [ 552.422204] x8 : 00000000f2f2f200 x7 : ffff700010988ecc x6 : 0000000000000008 [ 552.422241] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 1ffff0001114ee00 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 552.422278] x2 : 0000000000000007 x1 : 0000000000000fff x0 : 000000000000002f [ 552.422316] Call trace: [ 552.422330] pvr_cccb_write_command_with_header+0x2c4/0x330 [powervr] (P) [ 552.422411] pvr_queue_submit_job_to_cccb+0x57c/0xa74 [powervr] [ 552.422486] pvr_queue_run_job+0x3a4/0x990 [powervr] [ 552.422562] drm_sched_run_job_work+0x580/0xd48 [gpu_sched] [ 552.422623] process_one_work+0x520/0x1288 [ 552.422657] worker_thread+0x3f0/0xb3c [ 552.422679] kthread+0x334/0x3d8 [ 552.422706] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2026-68437

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2026-68437 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2026-68437

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2026-68437.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2026-68437, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2026-68437, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

Confidentiality: None
CVE-2026-68437 does not compromise confidentiality.
Integrity: None
CVE-2026-68437 does not impact data integrity.
Availability: None
CVE-2026-68437 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2026-68437 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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