Bug 2468117 (CVE-2026-43337) - CVE-2026-43337 kernel: drm/amd/display: Fix NULL pointer dereference in dcn401_init_hw()
Summary: CVE-2026-43337 kernel: drm/amd/display: Fix NULL pointer dereference in dcn40...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43337
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-08 14:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-15 11:05 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 14:05:21 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Fix NULL pointer dereference in dcn401_init_hw()

dcn401_init_hw() assumes that update_bw_bounding_box() is valid when
entering the update path. However, the existing condition:

  ((!fams2_enable && update_bw_bounding_box) || freq_changed)

does not guarantee this, as the freq_changed branch can evaluate to true
independently of the callback pointer.

This can result in calling update_bw_bounding_box() when it is NULL.

Fix this by separating the update condition from the pointer checks and
ensuring the callback, dc->clk_mgr, and bw_params are validated before
use.

Fixes the below:
../dc/hwss/dcn401/dcn401_hwseq.c:367 dcn401_init_hw() error: we previously assumed 'dc->res_pool->funcs->update_bw_bounding_box' could be null (see line 362)

(cherry picked from commit 86117c5ab42f21562fedb0a64bffea3ee5fcd477)


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