drm/sun4i: backend: fix error pointer dereference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sun4i: backend: fix error pointer dereference The function drm_atomic_get_plane_state() can return an error pointer and is not checked for it. Add error pointer check. Detected by Smatch: drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c:496 sun4i_backend_atomic_check() error: 'plane_state' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sun4i: backend: fix error pointer dereference The function drm_atomic_get_plane_state() can return an error pointer and is not checked for it. Add error pointer check. Detected by Smatch: drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c:496 sun4i_backend_atomic_check() error: 'plane_state' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06277983eca4a31d3c2114fa33d99a6e82484b11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47038159c559824f4dbfb5b0d87b9b3416663372
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/779c2f10743fc021f2f0ebe2b188cadfb973c5e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf615b90a11a39a28e313be5e508e94bcde72016
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9bef62f1bb9fcb38223730657af20f4c6283c16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea51fd96aca01381e8f1ac0c671a57b7619193bb
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53066.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53066