CVE-2026-53066
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sun4i: backend: fix error pointer dereference The function drm_atomic_get_plane_state() can return an error pointer and is not checked for it. Add error pointer check. Detected by Smatch: drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c:496 sun4i_backend_atomic_check() error: 'plane_state' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06277983eca4a31d3c2114fa33d99a6e82484b11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47038159c559824f4dbfb5b0d87b9b3416663372
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/779c2f10743fc021f2f0ebe2b188cadfb973c5e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf615b90a11a39a28e313be5e508e94bcde72016
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9bef62f1bb9fcb38223730657af20f4c6283c16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea51fd96aca01381e8f1ac0c671a57b7619193bb
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.