CVE-2026-99151

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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: kernel: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference in AMD display driver", "id": "2562678", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2562678"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-476", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ndrm/amd/display: Fix NULL sink dereference in USB4 bandwidth functions\nallocate_usb4_bandwidth_for_stream() and allocate_usb4_bandwidth() both\nuse ASSERT(stream->sink) before dereferencing stream->sink->link. ASSERT\nis compiled out in production builds, so a NULL stream->sink causes a\nNULL pointer dereference.\nlink_set_dpms_off() already guards two earlier accesses to stream->sink\nwith explicit NULL checks, confirming that stream->sink can legitimately\nbe NULL. The subsequent call to deallocate_usb4_bandwidth() had no\nequivalent guard.\nReplace the ASSERT() calls with proper NULL checks that return false\nearly, and add a matching stream->sink guard at the call site in\nlink_set_dpms_off() consistent with the surrounding pattern.\nv2: Keep the existing ASSERT() calls for diagnostics (to report\nunexpected NULL sink), and add explicit NULL checks that return false\nbefore dereferencing stream->sink. Also add a matching stream->sink\nguard at the deallocation call site in link_set_dpms_off(). (Alex)\n(cherry picked from commit 98029a0ce61feb52c563f65349dd9b25f672e355)", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's AMD display driver. This flaw allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) through a system crash. The vulnerability occurs because the driver fails to properly validate display stream references before allocating or deallocating USB4 bandwidth, leading to a null pointer dereference during display operations."], "name": "CVE-2026-99151", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-10-28T10:35:06Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99151\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99151\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8b5e5b9776ad08138d79b14238c5742b32911b\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55a67aa89342545b89f469dea6f29bfb6fac6f3d"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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