FKIE_CVE-2026-68429

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-12 00:17 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:17
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/dp_mst: Handle torn-down topology gracefully in drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe() A hotplug or link-loss event can tear down the MST topology (setting mgr->mst_state = false and mgr->mst_primary = NULL) concurrently with a caller invoking drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe(). Since the check is already performed under mgr->lock, the condition is not a programming error but a valid race -- the topology was valid when the caller decided to call this function, but was torn down before the lock was acquired. Replace the drm_WARN_ON() with a graceful early return. This eliminates spurious kernel warnings and the resulting compositor crashes observed when connecting/disconnecting DP MST monitors, while keeping the correct behavior of doing nothing when MST is not active. A drm_dbg_mst() trace is added so the skipped probe remains observable under MST debug logging. The existing WARN_ON(mgr->mst_primary) in drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr_set_mst() already catches the case where the topology is initialized twice, so no diagnostic coverage is lost.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ed6d08c4a59ee6a8cb806347f6d9873de5d229e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/613059875958e7b217b250ed14c3b189f9488421
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6d84a54823cd839e6ce22af559925f1320c310
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afdff9103818656627920c21822e48a6dae2906f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1d05cc61dfa6c4bd5e67855bec6a03e955f512d
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/dp_mst: Handle torn-down topology gracefully in drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe()\n\nA hotplug or link-loss event can tear down the MST topology\n(setting mgr-\u003emst_state = false and mgr-\u003emst_primary = NULL) concurrently\nwith a caller invoking drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe(). Since the check\nis already performed under mgr-\u003elock, the condition is not a programming\nerror but a valid race -- the topology was valid when the caller decided\nto call this function, but was torn down before the lock was acquired.\n\nReplace the drm_WARN_ON() with a graceful early return. This eliminates\nspurious kernel warnings and the resulting compositor crashes observed\nwhen connecting/disconnecting DP MST monitors, while keeping the correct\nbehavior of doing nothing when MST is not active. A drm_dbg_mst() trace\nis added so the skipped probe remains observable under MST debug logging.\n\nThe existing WARN_ON(mgr-\u003emst_primary) in drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr_set_mst()\nalready catches the case where the topology is initialized twice, so no\ndiagnostic coverage is lost."
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  "id": "CVE-2026-68429",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:17:51.940",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-12T00:17:42.940",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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