{"id":"CVE-2026-46245","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"drm/amd/display: Fix dc_link NULL handling in HPD init","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amd/display: Fix dc_link NULL handling in HPD init\n\namdgpu_dm_hpd_init() may see connectors without a valid dc_link.\n\nThe code already checks dc_link for the polling decision, but later\nunconditionally dereferences it when setting up HPD interrupts.\n\nAssign dc_link early and skip connectors where it is NULL.\n\nFixes the below:\ndrivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c:940 amdgpu_dm_hpd_init()\nerror: we previously assumed 'dc_link' could be null (see line 931)\n\ndrivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c\n    923                 /*\n    924                  * Analog connectors may be hot-plugged unlike other connector\n    925                  * types that don't support HPD. Only poll analog connectors.\n    926                  */\n    927                 use_polling |=\n    928                         amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link &&\n                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The patch adds this NULL check but hopefully it can be removed\n\n    929                         dc_connector_supports_analog(amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link->link_id.id);\n    930\n    931                 dc_link = amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link;\n\ndc_link assigned here.\n\n    932\n    933                 /*\n    934                  * Get a base driver irq reference for hpd ints for the lifetime\n    935                  * of dm. Note that only hpd interrupt types are registered with\n    936                  * base driver; hpd_rx types aren't. IOW, amdgpu_irq_get/put on\n    937                  * hpd_rx isn't available. DM currently controls hpd_rx\n    938                  * explicitly with dc_interrupt_set()\n    939                  */\n--> 940                 if (dc_link->irq_source_hpd != DC_IRQ_SOURCE_INVALID) {\n                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If it's NULL then we are trouble because we dereference it here.\n\n    941                         irq_type = dc_link->irq_source_hpd - DC_IRQ_SOURCE_HPD1;\n    942                         /*\n    943                          * TODO: There's a mismatch between mode_info.num_hpd\n    944                          * and what bios reports as the # of connectors with hpd","publishedAt":"2026-06-03T15:49:40.645Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T12:41:29.783Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c","status":"affected","lessThan":"d772e8570f19ac05fd9b11c8af86ada98f35f0c8","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c","status":"affected","lessThan":"0965f1e775130e325e74152d867d2e8ce865fa05","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c","status":"affected","lessThan":"1d15503e454bf117a0d0078332d48df86a41c828","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c","status":"affected","lessThan":"a490e4d3c9fed1e690c8de348416eea3a9f054ff","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c","status":"affected","lessThan":"226a40c06a183abaeb7529a4f54d6c203bd14407","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"4.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"4.15","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.114","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.57","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.4","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d772e8570f19ac05fd9b11c8af86ada98f35f0c8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0965f1e775130e325e74152d867d2e8ce865fa05","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d15503e454bf117a0d0078332d48df86a41c828","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a490e4d3c9fed1e690c8de348416eea3a9f054ff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/226a40c06a183abaeb7529a4f54d6c203bd14407"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:07.131Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46245.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-46245","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-06-03T15:49:40.645Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:41:29.783Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-05-13T15:03:33.107Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"drm/amd/display: Fix dc_link NULL handling in HPD init","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amd/display: Fix dc_link NULL handling in HPD init\n\namdgpu_dm_hpd_init() may see connectors without a valid dc_link.\n\nThe code already checks dc_link for the polling decision, but later\nunconditionally dereferences it when setting up HPD interrupts.\n\nAssign dc_link early and skip connectors where it is NULL.\n\nFixes the below:\ndrivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c:940 amdgpu_dm_hpd_init()\nerror: we previously assumed 'dc_link' could be null (see line 931)\n\ndrivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c\n    923                 /*\n    924                  * Analog connectors may be hot-plugged unlike other connector\n    925                  * types that don't support HPD. 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