CVE-2026-97431 (GCVE-0-2026-97431)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-24 16:03
Modified
2026-09-25 12:44
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Avoid DPMS-on for phantom stream [Why & How] Calling dc_update_planes_and_stream separately for stream and its phantom stream causes a NULL pointer dereference, since the phantom is destroyed on the first call. Skip the call for phantom streams.
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Linux Linux Version: 9c6669c2e21a2d9b3f3857883c715a302ae64ac0
Version: 9c6669c2e21a2d9b3f3857883c715a302ae64ac0
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