---
id: CVE-2026-68269
title: 'drm/i915/gem: Add missing nospec on parallel submit slot'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/i915/gem: Add missing nospec on parallel submit slot

  Add missing Spectre mitigation for userspace controlled parallel
  submission slot.

  Discovered using AI-assiste…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 <
    0ac3bab10c62997727a0a90f819a27d337347f93
  - >-
    Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 <
    4a27275d275971c9ea29d3d240ea4a224ad368a2
  - >-
    Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 <
    be393175306694de5da1d1a23a8ea4149baa09f1
  - >-
    Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 <
    45db277b2e1e34bcc99a0852026791108339ec3e
  - >-
    Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 <
    c41a54619e95f860bf2950dd679ab353380ecd2b
  - >-
    Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 <
    914a76a9f08366434bf595700f62026b7a19a9cc
  - Linux 5.16
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-06T16:46:19.994630Z'
published: '2026-08-10'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T16:55:11.550Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68269'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ac3bab10c62997727a0a90f819a27d337347f93'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a27275d275971c9ea29d3d240ea4a224ad368a2'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be393175306694de5da1d1a23a8ea4149baa09f1'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45db277b2e1e34bcc99a0852026791108339ec3e'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c41a54619e95f860bf2950dd679ab353380ecd2b'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/914a76a9f08366434bf595700f62026b7a19a9cc'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00206
epssPercentile: 0.10664
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T18:00:12.615Z'
---

## Overview

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

drm/i915/gem: Add missing nospec on parallel submit slot

Add missing Spectre mitigation for userspace controlled parallel
submission slot.

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

(cherry picked from commit 15b9353deff3cf72331c387780de3cf9c316b643)

## Affected

- `Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 < 0ac3bab10c62997727a0a90f819a27d337347f93`
- `Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 < 4a27275d275971c9ea29d3d240ea4a224ad368a2`
- `Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 < be393175306694de5da1d1a23a8ea4149baa09f1`
- `Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 < 45db277b2e1e34bcc99a0852026791108339ec3e`
- `Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 < c41a54619e95f860bf2950dd679ab353380ecd2b`
- `Linux >= e5e32171a2cf1e434d4f88e12467f3e47d0ec618 < 914a76a9f08366434bf595700f62026b7a19a9cc`
- `Linux 5.16`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.