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CVE-2026-68236

Last refreshed2026-10-03

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-68236

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-68236
CVSS Score / Version7.8 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-10-03
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Proseattack vector is local; attack complexity is low; privileges required is low; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected productsLinux Linux

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
LinuxLinux
SubsystemsGeneral OT
SectorsMultiple

What to Know

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: set new_stream to NULL after release

In dm_update_crtc_state(), the skip_modeset path releases new_stream

via dc_stream_release() but does not set the pointer to NULL.

If a later error (e.g., color management failure) triggers the fail

label, the error path calls dc_stream_release() again on the same

dangling pointer, causing a double release and potential use-after-free.

Fix this by setting new_stream to NULL after the initial release.

(cherry picked from commit 99f3af19073b3ddbfd96e789124cce12c4277b28) (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68236
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68236