In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: detect_link_and_local_sink: DP alt mode timeout path leaks prev_sink reference
prev_sink is unconditionally retained via dc_sink_retain at function
entry, but the DP alt mode timeout path inside SIGNAL_TYPE_DISPLAY_PORT
returns false without releasing prev_sink. All other return paths in the
function correctly call dc_sink_release(prev_sink), making this the only
missing cleanup.
(cherry picked from commit 45510cf662dcf46b5d8926d454f338809f107b9d)
drm/amd/display: detect_link_and_local_sink: DP alt mode timeout path leaks prev_sink reference
prev_sink is unconditionally retained via dc_sink_retain at function
entry, but the DP alt mode timeout path inside SIGNAL_TYPE_DISPLAY_PORT
returns false without releasing prev_sink. All other return paths in the
function correctly call dc_sink_release(prev_sink), making this the only
missing cleanup.
(cherry picked from commit 45510cf662dcf46b5d8926d454f338809f107b9d)
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: detect_link_and_local_sink: DP alt mode timeout path leaks prev_sink reference prev_sink is unconditionally retained via dc_sink_retain at function entry, but the DP alt mode timeout path inside SIGNAL_TYPE_DISPLAY_PORT returns false without releasing prev_sink. All other return paths in the function correctly call dc_sink_release(prev_sink), making this the only missing cleanup. (cherry picked from commit 45510cf662dcf46b5d8926d454f338809f107b9d) | |
| Title | drm/amd/display: detect_link_and_local_sink: DP alt mode timeout path leaks prev_sink reference | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-10T12:01:26.406Z
Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.378Z
Link: CVE-2026-68256
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