CVE-2026-68429

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/dp_mst: Handle torn-down topology gracefully in drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe() A hotplug or link-loss event can tear down the MST topology (setting mgr->mst_state = false and mgr->mst_primary = NULL) concurrently with a caller invoking drm_dp_mst_topology_queue_probe(). Since the check is already performed under mgr->lock, the condition is not a programming error but a valid race -- the topology was valid when the caller decided to call this function, but was torn down before the lock was acquired. Replace the drm_WARN_ON() with a graceful early return. This eliminates spurious kernel warnings and the resulting compositor crashes observed when connecting/disconnecting DP MST monitors, while keeping the correct behavior of doing nothing when MST is not active. A drm_dbg_mst() trace is added so the skipped probe remains observable under MST debug logging. The existing WARN_ON(mgr->mst_primary) in drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr_set_mst() already catches the case where the topology is initialized twice, so no diagnostic coverage is lost.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1d05cc61dfa6c4bd5e67855bec6a03e955f512d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afdff9103818656627920c21822e48a6dae2906f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6d84a54823cd839e6ce22af559925f1320c310

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/613059875958e7b217b250ed14c3b189f9488421

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ed6d08c4a59ee6a8cb806347f6d9873de5d229e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-12

Updated: 2026-08-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High