DEBIAN-CVE-2026-99151: Null Pointer Dereference
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix NULL sink dereference in USB4 bandwidth functions allocateusb4bandwidthforstream() and allocateusb4bandwidth() both use ASSERT(stream->sink) before dereferencing stream->sink->link. ASSERT is compiled out in production builds, so a NULL stream->sink causes a NULL pointer dereference. linksetdpmsoff() already guards two earlier accesses to stream->sink with explicit NULL checks, confirming that stream->sink can legitimately be NULL. The subsequent call to deallocateusb4bandwidth() had no equivalent guard. Replace the ASSERT() calls with proper NULL checks that return false early, and add a matching stream->sink guard at the call site in linksetdpmsoff() consistent with the surrounding pattern. v2: Keep the existing ASSERT() calls for diagnostics (to report unexpected NULL sink), and add explicit NULL checks that return false before dereferencing stream->sink. Also add a matching stream->sink guard at the deallocation call site in linksetdpmsoff(). (Alex) (cherry picked from commit 98029a0ce61feb52c563f65349dd9b25f672e355)
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Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
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Linux kernel drm/amd/displayto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Patch 98029a0ce61feb52c563f65349dd9b25f672e355