CVE-2026-93194 drm/rockchip: dw_dp: Release core resources
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Rockchip DisplayPort driver allows local attackers with root privileges to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-93194?
CVE-2026-93194 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 17 Sep 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/rockchip: dw_dp: Release core resources
Core resources such as the DisplayPort AUX channel get initialized and registered during dw_dp_bind(), but are never unregistered, which may lead to memory leaks and/or use-after-free:
[ 224.661371] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in device_is_dependent+0xe0/0x2b0 [ 224.662015] Read of size 8 at addr ffff00011aee8550 by task modprobe/658 [ 224.662612] [ 224.662752] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 658 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2-next-20260305 #14 PREEMPT [ 224.662759] Hardware name: Radxa ROCK 5B (DT) [ 224.662762] Call trace: [ 224.662764] show_stack+0x20/0x38 (C) [ 224.662772] dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x98 [ 224.662777] print_report+0x160/0x4b8 [ 224.662783] kasan_report+0xb4/0xe0 [ 224.662790] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x20/0x30 [ 224.662796] device_is_dependent+0xe0/0x2b0 [ 224.662802] device_is_dependent+0x108/0x2b0 [ 224.662808] device_link_add+0x1f8/0x10b0 [ 224.662813] devm_of_phy_get_by_index+0x120/0x200 [ 224.662819] dw_dp_bind+0x34c/0xb10 [dw_dp] [ 224.662830] dw_dp_rockchip_bind+0x194/0x250 [rockchipdrm] [ 224.662864] component_bind_all+0x3a8/0x720 [ 224.662869] rockchip_drm_bind+0x120/0x390 [rockchipdrm] [ 224.662899] try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device+0x76c/0x838 [ 224.662904] component_master_add_with_match+0x1f4/0x230 [ 224.662909] rockchip_drm_platform_probe+0x420/0x538 [rockchipdrm] [ 224.662939] platform_probe+0xe8/0x168 [ 224.662945] really_probe+0x340/0x828 [ 224.662950] __driver_probe_device+0x2e0/0x350 [ 224.662954] driver_probe_device+0x80/0x140 [ 224.662959] __driver_attach+0x398/0x460 [ 224.662964] bus_for_each_dev+0xe0/0x198 [ 224.662968] driver_attach+0x50/0x68 [ 224.662972] bus_add_driver+0x2a0/0x4c0 [ 224.662977] driver_register+0x294/0x360 [ 224.662982] __platform_driver_register+0x7c/0x98 [ 224.662987] rockchip_drm_init+0xc4/0xff8 [rockchipdrm]
Since a previous commit exported dw_dp_unbind() function in DW DP core library to take care of the necessary cleanup, use this in the component's unbind() callback, as well as in its bind() error path.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-93194?
How do I fix CVE-2026-93194?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2026-93194 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-93194 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-93194, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93194, GHSA-9628-rfcx-jxqr, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93194.