drm/amd/display: Fix dc_link NULL handling in HPD init
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix dc_link NULL handling in HPD init amdgpu_dm_hpd_init() may see connectors without a valid dc_link. The code already checks dc_link for the polling decision, but later unconditionally dereferences it when setting up HPD interrupts. Assign dc_link early and skip connectors where it is NULL. Fixes the below: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c:940 amdgpu_dm_hpd_init() error: we previously assumed 'dc_link' could be null (see line 931) drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c 923 /* 924 * Analog connectors may be hot-plugged unlike other connector 925 * types that don't support HPD. Only poll analog connectors. 926 */ 927 use_polling |= 928 amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link && ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The patch adds this NULL check but hopefully it can be removed 929 dc_connector_supports_analog(amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link->link_id.id); 930 931 dc_link = amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link; dc_link assigned here. 932 933 /* 934 * Get a base driver irq reference for hpd ints for the lifetime 935 * of dm. Note that only hpd interrupt types are registered with 936 * base driver; hpd_rx types aren't. IOW, amdgpu_irq_get/put on 937 * hpd_rx isn't available. DM currently controls hpd_rx 938 * explicitly with dc_interrupt_set() 939 */ --> 940 if (dc_link->irq_source_hpd != DC_IRQ_SOURCE_INVALID) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If it's NULL then we are trouble because we dereference it here. 941 irq_type = dc_link->irq_source_hpd - DC_IRQ_SOURCE_HPD1; 942 /* 943 * TODO: There's a mismatch between mode_info.num_hpd 944 * and what bios reports as the # of connectors with hpd
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 6.19.4, 7.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46245
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gc8h-w3qg-mpcq
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/Linux@1d15503e454bf117a0d0078332d48df86a41c828, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@0965f1e775130e325e74152d867d2e8ce865fa05, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Patch 2
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Sources
- CVE-2026-46245 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-46245 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gc8h-w3qg-mpcq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-46245 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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