CVE-2026-98782

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98782
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98782.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98782
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:48:19Z
Modified
2026-10-20T02:30:41Z
Summary
drm/mediatek: Fix ovl adaptor platform device leak
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/mediatek: Fix ovl adaptor platform device leak

mtk_drm_probe() creates an OVL adaptor platform device with platform_device_register_data() when the display pipeline requires the OVL adaptor.

If a later initialization step fails, the probe error path releases the DRM resources without unregistering the already registered OVL adaptor device. The normal remove path likewise leaves the device registered after the DRM driver is unbound.

Keep track of whether the OVL adaptor was successfully registered and unregister it on probe failure. Also recover the platform device from the stored DDP component device and unregister it during normal removal.

The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and confirmed by manual review.

Database specific
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    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98782.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0d9eee9118b77e51eeafc5bf4d008fac97035d56
Fixed
3d85bd738aba61df14dfaf8fe638e2172d8427bf
Fixed
629458b7e49559593823e351535294db17331be7
Fixed
8e3a350075b556f2fed4517705935bfee4529fb6
Fixed
048739be3e9cacae5301b68245668002fe6f0ce5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98782.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected 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-2026-98782.json"