CVE-2026-46245
drm/amd/display: Fix dc_link NULL handling in HPD init
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 3, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2026
- Reserved
- May 13, 2026
Description
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
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Weaknesses
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Affected Products
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d772e8570f19ac05fd9b11c8af86ada98f35f0c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0965f1e775130e325e74152d867d2e8ce865fa05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d15503e454bf117a0d0078332d48df86a41c828
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a490e4d3c9fed1e690c8de348416eea3a9f054ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/226a40c06a183abaeb7529a4f54d6c203bd14407
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