{"id":"AZL-110471","summary":"CVE-2026-98783 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/mediatek: Add missing IS_ERR check for ovl_adaptor platform device\n\nplatform_device_register_data() can fail and return an ERR_PTR, but the\nreturn value is used without checking, leading to an invalid pointer\nbeing stored in ddp_comp[].dev and passed to component_match_add() and\nmtk_ddp_comp_init(), which could result in a kernel crash.\n\nAdd an IS_ERR() check to jump to the error handling path on failure.","modified":"2026-10-23T14:15:48.547681395Z","published":"2026-10-18T16:17:32Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-98783"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98783"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.157.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-110471.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}