In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915: clear CRTC color blob pointers after dropping refs
intel_crtc_put_color_blobs() drops the CRTC color blob references, but leaves the corresponding pointers unchanged.
This can matter in intel_crtc_prepare_cleared_state(), which frees the old CRTC hw state before calling intel_dp_tunnel_atomic_clear_stream_bw(). The latter can fail while looking up the DP tunnel group state, for example with -EDEADLK.
If that happens, the function returns without completing the cleared state preparation. The failed atomic state will then be cleared by the atomic core and intel_crtc_free_hw_state() can be called again for the same state, dropping the same blob references again.
Clear the blob pointers after dropping the references so repeated cleanup of the same CRTC hw state is safe.
(cherry picked from commit d5005addb5f68e8a0edce249506757bdc9e3d8c8)
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Aug 16, 2026 | Aug 16, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Aug 21, 2026 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-oemUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-gkeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-ibmUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-gcpUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1017-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-awsUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0 | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 21, 2026 | Aug 15, 2026 |
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