CVE-2026-99214

drm/vc4: hdmi: Move packet RAM enable to PM runtime

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 28, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

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

drm/vc4: hdmi: Move packet RAM enable to PM runtime

Audio can be triggered by the HPD handler and start up before video has been restored, calling vc4_hdmi_write_infoframe() for the audio infoframe. vc4_hdmi_write_infoframe() needs Packet RAM to be on to store the infoframe, however, if the video hasn't been enabled, vc4_hdmi_encoder_post_crtc_enable() hasn't been called and therefore, the Packet RAM can be disabled by the time vc4_hdmi_write_infoframe() executes, causing the following splat:

[ 201.570266] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 201.570293] Packet RAM has to be on to store the packet. [ 201.570367] WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c:683 at vc4_hdmi_write_infoframe+0x404/0x494 [vc4], CPU#0: wireplumber/1606 [...] [ 201.658650] Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 (DT) [...] [ 201.758499] Call trace: [ 201.760967] vc4_hdmi_write_infoframe+0x404/0x494 [vc4] (P) [ 201.766607] vc4_hdmi_write_audio_infoframe+0x1c/0x28 [vc4] [ 201.772247] write_infoframe+0xbc/0x140 [drm_display_helper] [ 201.777975] drm_atomic_helper_connector_hdmi_update_audio_infoframe+0x80/0xdc [drm_display_helper] [ 201.787140] vc4_hdmi_audio_prepare+0x4ac/0x570 [vc4] [ 201.792252] drm_connector_hdmi_audio_prepare+0x24/0x30 [drm_display_helper] [ 201.799390] hdmi_codec_prepare+0x100/0x160 [snd_soc_hdmi_codec] [ 201.805471] snd_soc_pcm_dai_prepare+0xd4/0x100 [snd_soc_core] [ 201.811375] __soc_pcm_prepare+0x60/0x12c [snd_soc_core] [ 201.816752] soc_pcm_prepare+0x34/0x58 [snd_soc_core] [ 201.821863] snd_pcm_do_prepare+0x70/0x8c [snd_pcm] [ 201.826798] snd_pcm_action_nonatomic+0xe4/0x174 [snd_pcm] [ 201.832350] snd_pcm_prepare+0xc8/0xd8 [snd_pcm] [ 201.837021] snd_pcm_common_ioctl+0x458/0x614 [snd_pcm] [ 201.842308] snd_pcm_ioctl+0x30/0x48 [snd_pcm] [ 201.846802] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x88/0xd8 [ 201.850769] invoke_syscall+0x48/0xf4 [ 201.854470] el0_svc_common+0x80/0xd8 [ 201.858171] do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28 [ 201.861520] el0_svc+0x3c/0xb0 [ 201.864605] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xdc [ 201.868834] el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c [ 201.872536] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Considering that Packet RAM enable is essentially a power management configuration, move its enabling/disabling to the Runtime PM hooks.

Note that post_crtc_disable() still stops all infoframes, but keeps Packet RAM enabled, leaving it to be disabled by runtime suspend.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • b47a72f30768ffe76e105b3e91ad7022003e8504 to before 03cf08ed84fd43cd7d90696736dcde15f5eefca6Affected
  • b47a72f30768ffe76e105b3e91ad7022003e8504 to before 6b03e354526f6bad60ed3a7f08fec8b7d29d2f27Affected
  • b47a72f30768ffe76e105b3e91ad7022003e8504 to before 6a987992c78e2e04f71e685d1c589f8ea2151fa2Affected
  • b47a72f30768ffe76e105b3e91ad7022003e8504 to before 3f57b34485dc01e5a2db60a89a6ae5439a897e53Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.11Affected
  • before 6.11Not affected
  • 6.12.115 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.59 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.13 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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