{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-98926", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.380Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-23T12:05:54.511Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-26T06:56:50.146Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-26T06:56:50.146Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amd/display: Remove sink usage from DPMS\n\n[Why]\nstream->sink is optional and can be null, so should always be checked\nbefore dereference. Additionally, most of its usage in DPMS sequences\nis for stream->sink->link, which can be replaced with stream->link,\nas the two should always be the same.\n\n[How]\n* Replace stream->sink->link in DPMS on/off\n* Add assert to USB4 BW allocation where sink is required\n* Avoid inconsistencies in resource access, e.g. don't repeat\nstream->link after it was already saved to a local variable\n* Pull out effective VPG calculation to helper getter\n* Formatting fixes" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/link/link_dpms.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "052fa7e8c9a92e3804ba9dba7c2550a9684d3441", "lessThan": "0b1eebd359685dd681f6e0df5540a5bb985a27bf", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "052fa7e8c9a92e3804ba9dba7c2550a9684d3441", "lessThan": "8fa813b7fd1eccbed13e126166cf764f1f11a7d3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/link/link_dpms.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.3", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.3", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.9", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.3", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.9" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.3", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b1eebd359685dd681f6e0df5540a5bb985a27bf" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa813b7fd1eccbed13e126166cf764f1f11a7d3" } ], "title": "drm/amd/display: Remove sink usage from DPMS", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }