{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-68236", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-07-30T09:28:09.376Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-10T12:01:01.114Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:01:25.183Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:01:25.183Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amd/display: set new_stream to NULL after release\n\nIn dm_update_crtc_state(), the skip_modeset path releases new_stream\nvia dc_stream_release() but does not set the pointer to NULL.\n\nIf a later error (e.g., color management failure) triggers the fail\nlabel, the error path calls dc_stream_release() again on the same\ndangling pointer, causing a double release and potential use-after-free.\n\nFix this by setting new_stream to NULL after the initial release.\n\n(cherry picked from commit 99f3af19073b3ddbfd96e789124cce12c4277b28)" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is reached through the DRM atomic modeset ioctl (DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ATOMIC) on a local /dev/dri/card* node of an AMD GPU; there is no network or remote input path into dm_update_crtc_state().\nAC:L - A single atomic commit that requests a mode change while attaching a wrong-sized DEGAMMA_LUT blob deterministically drives amdgpu_dm_check_crtc_color_mgmt() to -EINVAL and hits the double dc_stream_release(); no race and no uncontrolled precondition, and TEST_ONLY commits let the attacker repeat it freely to groom the heap.\nPR:L - The atomic ioctl is gated only by DRM master on the card node, which any unprivileged local user on a graphical seat or an unused VT can hold; no CAP_SYS_ADMIN or root is needed.\nUI:N - The attacker performs the whole sequence with its own ioctl calls; no action by another user or administrator is required, and TEST_ONLY commits do not even disturb the display.\nS:U - The corrupted dc_stream_state and the resulting freed-memory reuse stay within the kernel's own security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - The extra kref_put() frees the dc_stream_state while the CRTC state and the DC context still reference it; reading through those dangling pointers after the slab is reallocated leaks adjacent kernel object contents and pointers, and the attacker can spray to control what lands there.\nI:H - The reference-count underflow yields a use-after-free/double-free: subsequent kref_put() writes into reallocated slab memory and dc_stream_free() kfree()s an attacker-influenced update_scratch pointer, giving write and arbitrary-free primitives usable for privilege escalation.\nA:H - Even without exploitation the premature free causes dereference of freed stream/sink/link structures during atomic state unwind, producing a kernel oops or panic and killing the display pipeline; it can be triggered repeatedly." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "9b690ef3c70422cdcd0cf912db33f2c92ef4a53f", "lessThan": "ba8bf1dcbb44773e7a0fd13b42925c644e0d5e76", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "9b690ef3c70422cdcd0cf912db33f2c92ef4a53f", "lessThan": "5182e442e61397d446c36995b8f5676942d35b82", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "9b690ef3c70422cdcd0cf912db33f2c92ef4a53f", "lessThan": "679f23f0a3606afcef1ffabd72222f00a54ad9e3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "9b690ef3c70422cdcd0cf912db33f2c92ef4a53f", "lessThan": "0676fecbb5242aa22c057e78326d6d6041db034c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "9b690ef3c70422cdcd0cf912db33f2c92ef4a53f", "lessThan": "9fa26b9eed6195bf840f39ac183b9a6237548755", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.15", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.15", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.148", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.101", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.42", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1.6", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.148" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.101" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.15", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.42" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.15", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.6" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.15", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba8bf1dcbb44773e7a0fd13b42925c644e0d5e76" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5182e442e61397d446c36995b8f5676942d35b82" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/679f23f0a3606afcef1ffabd72222f00a54ad9e3" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0676fecbb5242aa22c057e78326d6d6041db034c" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fa26b9eed6195bf840f39ac183b9a6237548755" } ], "title": "drm/amd/display: set new_stream to NULL after release", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }