In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915/dsc: Fix the macro that calculates DSCC_/DSCA_ PPS reg address
Commit bd077259d0a9 ("drm/i915/vdsc: Add function to read any PPS register") defines a new macro to calculate the DSC PPS register addresses with PPS number as an input. This macro correctly calculates the addresses till PPS 11 since the addresses increment by 4. So in that case the following macro works correctly to give correct register address:
_MMIO(_DSCA_PPS_0 + (pps) * 4)
However after PPS 11, the register address for PPS 12 increments by 12 because of RC Buffer memory allocation in between. Because of this discontinuity in the address space, the macro calculates wrong addresses for PPS 12 - 16 resulting into incorrect DSC PPS parameter value read/writes causing DSC corruption.
This fixes it by correcting this macro to add the offset of 12 for PPS >=12.
v3: Add correct paranthesis for pps argument (Jani Nikula)
(cherry picked from commit 6074be620c31dc2ae11af96a1a5ea95580976fb5)
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 3, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade kernel-default-vdsoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-source | Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-raspi-realtime | Feb 11, 2025 | Apr 3, 2024 |
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