In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Avoid a NULL pointer dereference [WHY] Although unlikely drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state() or drm_atomic_get_old_connector_state() can return NULL. [HOW] Check returns before dereference. (cherry picked from commit 1e5e8d672fec9f2ab352be121be971877bff2af9)
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07b93a5704b0b72002f0c4bd1076214af67dc661 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c1a486cbe6f9cb194e3c4a8ade4af2a642ba165 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36a6b43573d152736eaf2557fe60580dd73e9350 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f860abff89417c0354b6ee5bbca188a233c5762 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c92d12b5cb9d9d88c12ae71794d3a7382fcdec0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f653dd30839eb4f573a7539e90b8a58ff9bedf2f Patch
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 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07b93a5704b0b72002f0c4bd1076214af67dc661 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c1a486cbe6f9cb194e3c4a8ade4af2a642ba165 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36a6b43573d152736eaf2557fe60580dd73e9350 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f860abff89417c0354b6ee5bbca188a233c5762 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c92d12b5cb9d9d88c12ae71794d3a7382fcdec0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f653dd30839eb4f573a7539e90b8a58ff9bedf2f Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html