CVE-2026-97431 (GCVE-0-2026-97431)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-24 16:03 – Updated: 2026-09-25 12:44
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Title
drm/amd/display: Avoid DPMS-on for phantom stream
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Avoid DPMS-on for phantom stream [Why & How] Calling dc_update_planes_and_stream separately for stream and its phantom stream causes a NULL pointer dereference, since the phantom is destroyed on the first call. Skip the call for phantom streams.
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 9c6669c2e21a2d9b3f3857883c715a302ae64ac0 , < f2463fc246d3c39be1371389c52b29418ad673d0 (git)
Affected: 9c6669c2e21a2d9b3f3857883c715a302ae64ac0 , < 10f5f9c0ef32d08b228bfee3684b62f36f395852 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.17 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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