What is CVE-2026-68229?

CVE-2026-68229 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.10 onward and patched in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183 and others. CVE-2026-68229 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-68229?

CVE-2026-68229 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-68229?

Yes, CVE-2026-68229 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-68229 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-68229 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-68229

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cedrus: skip invalid H.264 reference list entries Cedrus consumes H.264 ref_pic_list0/ref_pic_list1 entries from the stateless slice control and later uses their indices to look up decode->dpb[] in _cedrus_write_ref_list(). Rejecting such controls in cedrus_try_ctrl() would break existing userspace, since stateless H.264 reference lists may legitimately carry out-of-range indices for missing references. Instead, guard the actual DPB lookup in Cedrus and skip entries whose indices do not fit the fixed V4L2_H264_NUM_DPB_ENTRIES array. This keeps the fix local to the driver use site and avoids out-of-bounds reads from malformed or unsupported reference list entries.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-10

Last modified 2026-08-19

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.1

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.10

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.265 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.216 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.183 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.148 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.101 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.42 6.18.x ✓ 7.1.6 7.1.x ✓ 7.2

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2026-68229

Severity High

CVSS score 7.1 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-08-10

Modified 2026-08-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-68229?

CVE-2026-68229 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.10 onward and has been patched in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183 and others. CVE-2026-68229 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-68229?

CVE-2026-68229 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-68229?

Yes. CVE-2026-68229 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-68229 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-68229 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.