# CVE-2026-31460: drm/amd/display: check if ext_caps is valid in BL setup

> A null pointer dereference in the AMD display driver can cause a system crash when handling LVDS connectors without extended backlight capabilities.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31460, GHSA-hvcr-xg33-f4f5, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31460

## What is CVE-2026-31460?

CVE-2026-31460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

drm/amd/display: check if ext_caps is valid in BL setup

LVDS connectors don't have extended backlight caps so check
if the pointer is valid before accessing it.

(cherry picked from commit 3f797396d7f4eb9bb6eded184bbc6f033628a6f6)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-31460?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-31460?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-31460 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-31460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-31460 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-31460 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-31460 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31460/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31460
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31460
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-31460

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31460/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.