CVE-2026-98783

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.

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EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0017

Probability of exploitation

0.06%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

References

Other References

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 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0ffb09cf1bf2a0f301f51fb45371c09dc78fcd0

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-98783? +

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.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-98783? +

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