CVE-2026-68236

drm/amd/display: set new_stream to NULL after release

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: set new_stream to NULL after release In dm_update_crtc_state(), the skip_modeset path releases new_stream via dc_stream_release() but does not set the pointer to NULL. If a later error (e.g., color management failure) triggers the fail label, the error path calls dc_stream_release() again on the same dangling pointer, causing a double release and potential use-after-free. Fix this by setting new_stream to NULL after the initial release. (cherry picked from commit 99f3af19073b3ddbfd96e789124cce12c4277b28)

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.159b690ef3c70422cdcd0cf912db33f2c92ef4a53f
Vendor states this is fixed in 01ba5b36898d6258f584269537cc49e7b05cf7c6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0676fecbb5242aa22c057e78326d6d6041db034c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5182e442e61397d446c36995b8f5676942d35b82 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 679f23f0a3606afcef1ffabd72222f00a54ad9e3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 92b7c6e3a1546c6db868b07e93fa6fb950d1d3a0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9fa26b9eed6195bf840f39ac183b9a6237548755 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ba8bf1dcbb44773e7a0fd13b42925c644e0d5e76 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bf9c06c70f496f1ba4474caf95c69696c828340e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.271 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.222 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.189 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-415

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