UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-99151
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix NULL sink dereference in USB4 bandwidth functions allocate_usb4_bandw
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Fix NULL sink dereference in USB4 bandwidth functions
allocate_usb4_bandwidth_for_stream() and allocate_usb4_bandwidth() both
use ASSERT(stream->sink) before dereferencing stream->sink->link. ASSERT
is compiled out in production builds, so a NULL stream->sink causes a
NULL pointer dereference.
link_set_dpms_off() already guards two earlier accesses to stream->sink
with explicit NULL checks, confirming that stream->sink can legitimately
be NULL. The subsequent call to deallocate_usb4_bandwidth() had no
equivalent guard.
Replace the ASSERT() calls with proper NULL checks that return false
early, and add a matching stream->sink guard at the call site in
link_set_dpms_off() consistent with the surrounding pattern.
v2: Keep the existing ASSERT() calls for diagnostics (to report
unexpected NULL sink), and add explicit NULL checks that return false
before dereferencing stream->sink. Also add a matching stream->sink
guard at the deallocation call site in link_set_dpms_off(). (Alex)
(cherry picked from commit 98029a0ce61feb52c563f65349dd9b25f672e355)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8b5e5b9776ad08138d79b14238c5742b32911b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55a67aa89342545b89f469dea6f29bfb6fac6f3d
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-10-28 via NVD.
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