CVE-2026-31461
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix drm_edid leak in amdgpu_dm [WHAT] When a sink is connected, aconnector->drm_edid was overwritten without freeing the previous allocation, causing a memory leak on resume. [HOW] Free the previous drm_edid before updating it. (cherry picked from commit 52024a94e7111366141cfc5d888b2ef011f879e5)
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.19.11-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.19.11-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 6.18.21 | |
| linux-kernel | 7.0 | affected | |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37c2caa167b0b8aca4f74c32404c5288b876a2a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52db857e94b9be4e6315586602b0257d1d2b165a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb95595194e4755b62360aa821f40a79b0953105
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31461.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31461
CWEs
CWE-401
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.