# CVE-2026-98786: drm/amd/display: guard dc\_sink dereferences in MST mode validation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from f04d275d94e164d24516c32437c988a323018f63, fixed in daa0437fe5e451856aaf8fda602a9fc2105bbd54; from f04d275d94e164d24516c32437c988a323018f63, fixed in 217f64f348c90cba62164e7ff38e0ccf78a5ca09
- Linux: 6.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.0.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: guard dc_sink dereferences in MST mode validation dm_dp_mst_is_port_support_mode() reads aconnector->dc_sink->dsc_caps... for the DSC branch-throughput check, and get_conv_frl_bw()'s HDMI-PCON FRL-bandwidth path reads aconnector->dc_sink->edid_caps.max_frl_rate, both without a NULL check. dc_sink is cleared asynchronously on MST unplug, and both functions run from paths that the driver's own comments document as racing that teardown: the connector probe worker's ->mode_valid callback and a compositor's atomic check, neither of which holds the MST manager lock that the teardown path uses. The former does have an existing dsc_aux NULL check, but dsc_aux isn't reliably cleared in every path that clears dc_sink, so it doesn't cover this. Fail the port-support check and skip the FRL conversion path when the sink is already gone. (cherry picked from commit 7c3db8da4e039698ae198c870712428644e965c7)

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daa0437fe5e451856aaf8fda602a9fc2105bbd54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/217f64f348c90cba62164e7ff38e0ccf78a5ca09

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