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drm/amd/display: Fix dangling pointer in plane reset function

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix dangling pointer in plane reset function amdgpu_dm_plane_drm_plane_reset() frees the old state before allocating a new one. If kzalloc() fails, the function returns without updating the state pointer, leaving a dangling pointer to already freed memory. Fix this by allocating the new state first. On allocation failure, the old state remains untouched and the function safely returns. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [adjust for movement around current amd-staging-drm-next]

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.1.191, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 6.6.160, 7.2.6
CVEs
CVE-2026-93176
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 17:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm/amd/display: Fix dangling pointer in plane reset function

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Sept 2026, 16:12 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix dangling pointer in plane reset function amdgpu_dm_plane_drm_plane_reset() frees the old state before allocating a new one. If kzalloc() fails, the function returns without updating the state pointer, leaving a dangling pointer to already freed memory. Fix this by allocating the new state first. On allocation failure, the old state remains untouched and the function safely returns. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [adjust for movement around current amd-staging-drm-next]

osv:CVE-2026-93176

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.6

Complete source record
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