# CVE-2026-80577: drm/panthor: skip zero-sized firmware sections

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-26 · Updated: 2026-08-26

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panthor: skip zero-sized firmware sections panthor_fw_load_section_entry() skips BO creation when the firmware section VA range is empty. If such a section is added to the firmware section list, section->mem is left as NULL. Later reload and unplug paths iterate over all firmware sections and dereference section->mem, which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference. Zero-sized firmware sections are valid, so accept them as no-op entries but skip adding them to the section list.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0f3c3922db981031733a25c51e1f37cf9b9e251
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25556a46ae6ecf2a9f1c1c5096828eecd4596b91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d222b657f02a37f658e4e21925b85b4703855e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b8f13d3c7e26c46c20d9e367904cf01729c88e6

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