{"id":"CVE-2026-98783","summary":"drm/mediatek: Add missing IS_ERR check for ovl_adaptor platform device","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":"2026-10-20T02:31:11.056687160Z","published":"2026-10-18T15:48:20.377Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98783.json"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4acac370aad2d4895a82f40b2f03e9ef70eecaa6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88f8a92dcb0cb154774595dee7226458de4cbd38"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeef8a8537bcfb26689edb36ed905b8b2873001c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bce7698e2e6565bb765bd0522337f29f5f312624"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98783.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98783"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"0d9eee9118b77e51eeafc5bf4d008fac97035d56"},{"fixed":"4acac370aad2d4895a82f40b2f03e9ef70eecaa6"},{"fixed":"88f8a92dcb0cb154774595dee7226458de4cbd38"},{"fixed":"aeef8a8537bcfb26689edb36ed905b8b2873001c"},{"fixed":"bce7698e2e6565bb765bd0522337f29f5f312624"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98783.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.4.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.113"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.56"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98783.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}