CVE-2026-80704 drm/amd/display: use proper context for logging

What is CVE-2026-80704?

CVE-2026-80704 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 28 Aug 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: use proper context for logging

The same as the rest of the code, get_ss_info_from_atombios() uses calc_pll_cs->ctx->logger for logging. But calc_pll_cs->ctx is initialized only later in calc_pll_max_vco_construct(). Therefore, any output using DC_LOG_SYNC() leads to a NULL pointer deference in get_ss_info_from_atombios().

According to Sashiko, the very same problem exists in dce112_get_pix_clk_dividers() and dcn3_get_pix_clk_dividers() too.

To avoid accessing the NULL context, use clk_src->base.ctx->logger everywhere. That context in base is initialized earlier in dce110_clk_src_construct() and dce112_clk_src_construct(). Before get_ss_info_from_atombios() or Sashiko's get_pix_clk_dividers functions above are actually called. This is done by redefining DC_LOGGER to CTX->logger.

Before: dce110_clk_src_construct() did: -> sets clk_src->base.ctx = ctx; -> ss_info_from_atombios_create() -> get_ss_info_from_atombios() <- uses calc_pll_cs->ctx # BOOM -> calc_pll_max_vco_construct() <- sets calc_pll_cs->ctx

After: dce110_clk_src_construct() does: -> sets clk_src->base.ctx = ctx; -> ss_info_from_atombios_create() -> get_ss_info_from_atombios() <- uses clk_src->base.ctx

(cherry picked from commit 6f16fcbb0c46a87e3d9685407e906573d60104b0)

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-80704?

How do I fix CVE-2026-80704?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-80704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-80704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-98078, BELL-CVE-2026-80704, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80704, GHSA-pqhq-6v8m-mfrc, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80704.