CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53066

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the DRM sun4i backend driver has an error pointer dereference bug. The function drm_atomic_get_plane_state() can return an error pointer that is not checked before use, potentially causing a system crash.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could trigger a kernel panic by performing specific graphics operations, leading to denial of service.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel patch that fixes this bug (e.g., update to a patched version).

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sun4i: backend: fix error pointer dereference The function drm_atomic_get_plane_state() can return an error pointer and is not checked for it. Add error pointer check. Detected by Smatch: drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c:496 sun4i_backend_atomic_check() error: 'plane_state' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS