# CVE-2026-98783: drm/mediatek: Add missing IS\_ERR check for ovl\_adaptor platform device

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- Linux: from 0d9eee9118b77e51eeafc5bf4d008fac97035d56, fixed in f0ffb09cf1bf2a0f301f51fb45371c09dc78fcd0; from 0d9eee9118b77e51eeafc5bf4d008fac97035d56, fixed in 4acac370aad2d4895a82f40b2f03e9ef70eecaa6; from 0d9eee9118b77e51eeafc5bf4d008fac97035d56, fixed in 88f8a92dcb0cb154774595dee7226458de4cbd38; from 0d9eee9118b77e51eeafc5bf4d008fac97035d56, fixed in aeef8a8537bcfb26689edb36ed905b8b2873001c; from 0d9eee9118b77e51eeafc5bf4d008fac97035d56, fixed in bce7698e2e6565bb765bd0522337f29f5f312624
- Linux: 6.4
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.4.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.113; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.56; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: Add missing IS_ERR check for ovl_adaptor platform device platform_device_register_data() can fail and return an ERR_PTR, but the return value is used without checking, leading to an invalid pointer being stored in ddp_comp[].dev and passed to component_match_add() and mtk_ddp_comp_init(), which could result in a kernel crash. Add an IS_ERR() check to jump to the error handling path on failure.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10) per the references below.
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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/f0ffb09cf1bf2a0f301f51fb45371c09dc78fcd0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4acac370aad2d4895a82f40b2f03e9ef70eecaa6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88f8a92dcb0cb154774595dee7226458de4cbd38
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeef8a8537bcfb26689edb36ed905b8b2873001c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bce7698e2e6565bb765bd0522337f29f5f312624

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