Bug 2536201 (CVE-2026-93176) - CVE-2026-93176 kernel: drm/amd/display: Fix dangling pointer in plane reset function
Summary: CVE-2026-93176 kernel: drm/amd/display: Fix dangling pointer in plane reset f...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-93176
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 16:47 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 11:50 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 16:47:57 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]


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