CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68429

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's DisplayPort MST driver, there is a bug in drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe() where concurrent teardown of the MST topology (e.g., during monitor unplug) triggers drm_WARN_ON() and potential compositor crashes. The fix replaces this warning with a graceful early return, eliminating spurious warnings and crashes.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability may cause spurious kernel warnings and compositor crashes during MST monitor connect/disconnect, potentially affecting system stability.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update containing the fix that adds a graceful early return instead of the warning.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/dp_mst: Handle torn-down topology gracefully in drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe() A hotplug or link-loss event can tear down the MST topology (setting mgr->mst_state = false and mgr->mst_primary = NULL) concurrently with a caller invoking drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe(). Since the check is already performed under mgr->lock, the condition is not a programming error but a valid race -- the topology was valid when the caller decided to call this function, but was torn down before the lock was acquired. Replace the drm_WARN_ON() with a graceful early return. This eliminates spurious kernel warnings and the resulting compositor crashes observed when connecting/disconnecting DP MST monitors, while keeping the correct behavior of doing nothing when MST is not active. A drm_dbg_mst() trace is added so the skipped probe remains observable under MST debug logging. The existing WARN_ON(mgr->mst_primary) in drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr_set_mst() already catches the case where the topology is initialized twice, so no diagnostic coverage is lost.

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