# CVE-2026-98926: drm/amd/display: Remove sink usage from DPMS

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108892
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.9
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Summary

This vulnerability affects the Linux kernel's AMD display driver (amdgpu, under drm/amd/display), which handles display power management (DPMS) for AMD graphics hardware. The flaw involved dereferencing a display sink pointer that can be null, which could lead to a kernel crash or instability when the display is powered on or off.

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## Affected

- Linux: from 052fa7e8c9a92e3804ba9dba7c2550a9684d3441, fixed in 0b1eebd359685dd681f6e0df5540a5bb985a27bf; from 052fa7e8c9a92e3804ba9dba7c2550a9684d3441, fixed in 8fa813b7fd1eccbed13e126166cf764f1f11a7d3
- Linux: 5.3
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 7.2.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Remove sink usage from DPMS [Why] stream->sink is optional and can be null, so should always be checked before dereference. Additionally, most of its usage in DPMS sequences is for stream->sink->link, which can be replaced with stream->link, as the two should always be the same. [How] * Replace stream->sink->link in DPMS on/off * Add assert to USB4 BW allocation where sink is required * Avoid inconsistencies in resource access, e.g. don't repeat stream->link after it was already saved to a local variable * Pull out effective VPG calculation to helper getter * Formatting fixes

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b1eebd359685dd681f6e0df5540a5bb985a27bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa813b7fd1eccbed13e126166cf764f1f11a7d3

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