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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-31540" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-04-24T14:33:09.705Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T22:10:45.183Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31540" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31540.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31540" title: "drm/i915/gt: Check set_default_submission() before deferencing" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/i915/gt: Check set_default_submission() before deferencing\n\nWhen the i915 driver firmware binaries are not present, the\nset_default_submission pointer is not set. This pointer is\ndereferenced during suspend anyways.\n\nAdd a check to make sure it is set before dereferencing.\n\n[ 23.289926] PM: suspend entry (deep)\n[ 23.293558] Filesystems sync: 0.000 seconds\n[ 23.298010] Freezing user space processes\n[ 23.302771] Freezing user space processes completed (elapsed 0.000 seconds)\n[ 23.309766] OOM killer disabled.\n[ 23.313027] Freezing remaining freezable tasks\n[ 23.318540] Freezing remaining freezable tasks completed (elapsed 0.001 seconds)\n[ 23.342038] serial 00:05: disabled\n[ 23.345719] serial 00:02: disabled\n[ 23.349342] serial 00:01: disabled\n[ 23.353782] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache\n[ 23.358993] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache\n[ 23.361635] ata1.00: Entering standby power mode\n[ 23.368863] ata2.00: Entering standby power mode\n[ 23.445187] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n[ 23.452194] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode\n[ 23.457896] #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page\n[ 23.463065] PGD 0 P4D 0\n[ 23.465640] Oops: Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n[ 23.469869] CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 211 Comm: kworker/u48:18 Tainted: G S W 6.19.0-rc4-00020-gf0b9d8eb98df #10 PREEMPT(voluntary)\n[ 23.482512] Tainted: [S]=CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, [W]=WARN\n[ 23.496511] Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn\n[ 23.501087] RIP: 0010:0x0\n[ 23.503755] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6.\n[ 23.510324] RSP: 0018:ffffb4a60065fca8 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[ 23.515592] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9f428290e000 RCX: 000000000000000f\n[ 23.522765] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000282 RDI: ffff9f428290e000\n[ 23.529937] RBP: ffff9f4282907070 R08: ffff9f4281130428 R09: 00000000ffffffff\n[ 23.537111] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff9f42829070f8\n[ 23.544284] R13: ffff9f4282906028 R14: ffff9f4282900000 R15: ffff9f4282906b68\n[ 23.551457] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9f466b2cf000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 23.559588] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 23.565365] CR2: ffffffffffffffd6 CR3: 000000031c230001 CR4: 0000000000f70ef0\n[ 23.572539] PKRU: 55555554\n[ 23.575281] Call Trace:\n[ 23.577770] \u003cTASK\u003e\n[ 23.579905] intel_engines_reset_default_submission+0x42/0x60\n[ 23.585695] __intel_gt_unset_wedged+0x191/0x200\n[ 23.590360] intel_gt_unset_wedged+0x20/0x40\n[ 23.594675] gt_sanitize+0x15e/0x170\n[ 23.598290] i915_gem_suspend_late+0x6b/0x180\n[ 23.602692] i915_drm_suspend_late+0x35/0xf0\n[ 23.607008] ? __pfx_pci_pm_suspend_late+0x10/0x10\n[ 23.611843] dpm_run_callback+0x78/0x1c0\n[ 23.615817] device_suspend_late+0xde/0x2e0\n[ 23.620037] async_suspend_late+0x18/0x30\n[ 23.624082] async_run_entry_fn+0x25/0xa0\n[ 23.628129] process_one_work+0x15b/0x380\n[ 23.632182] worker_thread+0x2a5/0x3c0\n[ 23.635973] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n[ 23.640279] kthread+0xf6/0x1f0\n[ 23.643464] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 23.647263] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 23.651045] ret_from_fork+0x131/0x190\n[ 23.654837] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 23.658634] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n[ 23.662597] \u003c/TASK\u003e\n[ 23.664826] Modules linked in:\n[ 23.667914] CR2: 0000000000000000\n[ 23.671271] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n\n(cherry picked from commit daa199abc3d3d1740c9e3a2c3e9216ae5b447cad)" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"ff44ad51ebf8e4693bd66ae41aa37a6bc88a134f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"db8b1bebe81ffb410ddd746b6869f72e22420850"},{"version":"ff44ad51ebf8e4693bd66ae41aa37a6bc88a134f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"da6552d67012a1cf0585f2eb401d0c4abcf108c9"},{"version":"ff44ad51ebf8e4693bd66ae41aa37a6bc88a134f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"df1f4a7d9cf689b4e96c95255228896505f44c31"},{"version":"ff44ad51ebf8e4693bd66ae41aa37a6bc88a134f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2e20a886b443a71b573ceaed3ca7053d15380916"},{"version":"ff44ad51ebf8e4693bd66ae41aa37a6bc88a134f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cf4b224ffb9a58181be32b64130fc36cf59c3192"},{"version":"ff44ad51ebf8e4693bd66ae41aa37a6bc88a134f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1a16150729db8d997e39519f9d58e6b435c4c087"},{"version":"ff44ad51ebf8e4693bd66ae41aa37a6bc88a134f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0162ab3220bac870e43e229e6e3024d1a21c3f26"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.12"},{"version":"5.15.203","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.167","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.130","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.78","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.20","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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