An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. malidp_crtc_reset in drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_crtc.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause the null pointer dereference.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=73c3ed7495c67b8fbdc31cf58e6ca8757df31a33 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=73c3ed7495c67b8fbdc31cf58e6ca8757df31a33 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-14 14:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 8
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153058 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=73c3ed7495c67b8fbdc31cf58e6ca8757df31a33 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2153058 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=73c3ed7495c67b8fbdc31cf58e6ca8757df31a33 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html