CVE-2026-53313

Summary

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

drm/amd/display: Avoid NULL dereference in dc_dmub_srv error paths

In dc_dmub_srv_log_diagnostic_data() and dc_dmub_srv_enable_dpia_trace().

Both functions check:

if (!dc_dmub_srv || !dc_dmub_srv->dmub)

and then call DC_LOG_ERROR() inside that block.

DC_LOG_ERROR() uses dc_dmub_srv->ctx internally. So if dc_dmub_srv is NULL, the logging itself can dereference a NULL pointer and cause a crash.

Fix this by splitting the checks.

First check if dc_dmub_srv is NULL and return immediately. Then check dc_dmub_srv->dmub and log the error only when dc_dmub_srv is valid.

Fixes the below: ../display/dc/dc_dmub_srv.c:962 dc_dmub_srv_log_diagnostic_data() error: we previously assumed 'dc_dmub_srv' could be null (see line 961) ../display/dc/dc_dmub_srv.c:1167 dc_dmub_srv_enable_dpia_trace() error: we previously assumed 'dc_dmub_srv' could be null (see line 1166)

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux2631ac1ac328189031d1aefbbd4929050f72fb23 < b37a978e6d8c33fbfa4abc5dcca4c7cfc6d01f22affected
LinuxLinux2631ac1ac328189031d1aefbbd4929050f72fb23 < 4ae3e16f4b3bf64140f773629b765d605ee079a9affected
LinuxLinux5.14affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.14unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0.10 <= 7.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1 <= *unaffected

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