# CVE-2026-68265: drm/xe/vm: Fix BO prefetch with CONSULT\_MEM\_ADVISE\_PREF\_LOC

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.44, 7.1.6
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from c1bb69a2e8e2d55c3725e304d8b8fd189ee43fbe, fixed in d256dac008d1d9e6378aa1a5454e89a8292d174c; from c1bb69a2e8e2d55c3725e304d8b8fd189ee43fbe, fixed in c4affa4e8bc8086b4d3e8d6cf1055a624f813d72; from c1bb69a2e8e2d55c3725e304d8b8fd189ee43fbe, fixed in 7bc597ce74bab4153b2009c92eccf889e9d74044
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.44; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/vm: Fix BO prefetch with CONSULT_MEM_ADVISE_PREF_LOC When prefetch region is DRM_XE_CONSULT_MEM_ADVISE_PREF_LOC for a BO VMA, the code used it as an index into region_to_mem_type[], causing an out-of-bounds access since the value is -1. Resolve the preferred location for BO VMAs directly: local VRAM on dGFX (using the BO's tile placement) or system memory on iGPU. Discovered using AI-assisted static analysis confirmed by Intel Product Security. v2: -Fix null dereference (cherry picked from commit d9a4906ac03be9f6ed3f3b45c56c866b867fd75b)

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d256dac008d1d9e6378aa1a5454e89a8292d174c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4affa4e8bc8086b4d3e8d6cf1055a624f813d72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bc597ce74bab4153b2009c92eccf889e9d74044

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