{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98783 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98783 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98783 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98783 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98783 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98783/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98783/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98783","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98783/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98783","record":{"aliases":["AZL-110471","BELL-CVE-2026-98783","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98783","GHSA-gxv2-4p27-m9pp","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98783"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A missing error check in the Mediatek DRM driver can cause a kernel crash when platform device registration fails, leading to denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"drm/mediatek: Add missing IS_ERR check for ovl_adaptor platform device","id":"CVE-2026-98783","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"drm/amdgpu/gfx6: fix firmware leak on teardown","id":"CVE-2026-98784"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"drm/mediatek: Fix ovl adaptor platform device leak","id":"CVE-2026-98782"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-18","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-21","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A missing error check in the Mediatek DRM driver can cause a kernel crash when platform device registration fails, leading to denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98783/"}