CVE-2026-31562
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
24/04/2026
Last modified:
27/04/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
drm/mediatek: dsi: Store driver data before invoking mipi_dsi_host_register<br />
<br />
The call to mipi_dsi_host_register triggers a callback to mtk_dsi_bind,<br />
which uses dev_get_drvdata to retrieve the mtk_dsi struct, so this<br />
structure needs to be stored inside the driver data before invoking it.<br />
<br />
As drvdata is currently uninitialized it leads to a crash when<br />
registering the DSI DRM encoder right after acquiring<br />
the mode_config.idr_mutex, blocking all subsequent DRM operations.<br />
<br />
Fixes the following crash during mediatek-drm probe (tested on Xiaomi<br />
Smart Clock x04g):<br />
<br />
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address<br />
0000000000000040<br />
[...]<br />
Modules linked in: mediatek_drm(+) drm_display_helper cec drm_client_lib<br />
drm_dma_helper drm_kms_helper panel_simple<br />
[...]<br />
Call trace:<br />
drm_mode_object_add+0x58/0x98 (P)<br />
__drm_encoder_init+0x48/0x140<br />
drm_encoder_init+0x6c/0xa0<br />
drm_simple_encoder_init+0x20/0x34 [drm_kms_helper]<br />
mtk_dsi_bind+0x34/0x13c [mediatek_drm]<br />
component_bind_all+0x120/0x280<br />
mtk_drm_bind+0x284/0x67c [mediatek_drm]<br />
try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device+0x23c/0x320<br />
__component_add+0xa4/0x198<br />
component_add+0x14/0x20<br />
mtk_dsi_host_attach+0x78/0x100 [mediatek_drm]<br />
mipi_dsi_attach+0x2c/0x50<br />
panel_simple_dsi_probe+0x4c/0x9c [panel_simple]<br />
mipi_dsi_drv_probe+0x1c/0x28<br />
really_probe+0xc0/0x3dc<br />
__driver_probe_device+0x80/0x160<br />
driver_probe_device+0x40/0x120<br />
__device_attach_driver+0xbc/0x17c<br />
bus_for_each_drv+0x88/0xf0<br />
__device_attach+0x9c/0x1cc<br />
device_initial_probe+0x54/0x60<br />
bus_probe_device+0x34/0xa0<br />
device_add+0x5b0/0x800<br />
mipi_dsi_device_register_full+0xdc/0x16c<br />
mipi_dsi_host_register+0xc4/0x17c<br />
mtk_dsi_probe+0x10c/0x260 [mediatek_drm]<br />
platform_probe+0x5c/0xa4<br />
really_probe+0xc0/0x3dc<br />
__driver_probe_device+0x80/0x160<br />
driver_probe_device+0x40/0x120<br />
__driver_attach+0xc8/0x1f8<br />
bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xe0<br />
driver_attach+0x24/0x30<br />
bus_add_driver+0x11c/0x240<br />
driver_register+0x68/0x130<br />
__platform_register_drivers+0x64/0x160<br />
mtk_drm_init+0x24/0x1000 [mediatek_drm]<br />
do_one_initcall+0x60/0x1d0<br />
do_init_module+0x54/0x240<br />
load_module+0x1838/0x1dc0<br />
init_module_from_file+0xd8/0xf0<br />
__arm64_sys_finit_module+0x1b4/0x428<br />
invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x48/0xc8<br />
do_el0_svc+0x3c/0xb8<br />
el0_svc+0x34/0xe8<br />
el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xe4<br />
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c<br />
Code: 52800022 941004ab 2a0003f3 37f80040 (29005a80)
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.9.1 (including) | 6.18.21 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.19 (including) | 6.19.11 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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