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GHSA-PVVR-9J3M-HVHG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-10 15:33

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: detect_link_and_local_sink: DP alt mode timeout path leaks prev_sink reference

prev_sink is unconditionally retained via dc_sink_retain at function entry, but the DP alt mode timeout path inside SIGNAL_TYPE_DISPLAY_PORT returns false without releasing prev_sink. All other return paths in the function correctly call dc_sink_release(prev_sink), making this the only missing cleanup.

(cherry picked from commit 45510cf662dcf46b5d8926d454f338809f107b9d)

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CVE-2026-68256 (GCVE-0-2026-68256)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:01 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:01

Title

drm/amd/display: detect_link_and_local_sink: DP alt mode timeout path leaks prev_sink reference

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: detect_link_and_local_sink: DP alt mode timeout path leaks prev_sink reference prev_sink is unconditionally retained via dc_sink_retain at function entry, but the DP alt mode timeout path inside SIGNAL_TYPE_DISPLAY_PORT returns false without releasing prev_sink. All other return paths in the function correctly call dc_sink_release(prev_sink), making this the only missing cleanup. (cherry picked from commit 45510cf662dcf46b5d8926d454f338809f107b9d)

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9922828a4ebd2628…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59e493567d18ef38…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ee77643e6194f2de…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58ea24dd968486260…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6e14b976be48eebd…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 54618888d1ea7a26f8bccfb89e3c2420350c8047 , < f9922828a4ebd26286fbe0286cc61695e7d9b07b (git) Affected: 54618888d1ea7a26f8bccfb89e3c2420350c8047 , < a59e493567d18ef3858be9368acd132a01ebfa09 (git) Affected: 54618888d1ea7a26f8bccfb89e3c2420350c8047 , < 4ee77643e6194f2deb62fe62f04396f9825e27d8 (git) Affected: 54618888d1ea7a26f8bccfb89e3c2420350c8047 , < 58ea24dd96848626039296e9e8510270ec8dc4bf (git) Affected: 54618888d1ea7a26f8bccfb89e3c2420350c8047 , < a6e14b976be48eebd8769cb5b883a6af7fc5ade1 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.3 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.3 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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