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Advisory severityMedium5.5Vendor: LowRed Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-53285] Wrap DCN32 phantom-plane allocation in DC_RUN_WITH_PREEMPTION_ENABLED

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-53285 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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CVE-2026-53285
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxLinux Kernel
Open source advisory

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Wrap DCN32 phantom-plane allocation in DC_RUN_WITH_PREEMPTION_ENABLED [Why] dcn32_validate_bandwidth() wraps dcn32_internal_validate_bw() with DC_FP_START()/DC_FP_END(). In x86 non-RT, DC_FP_START takes fpregs_lock(), which disables local softirqs.

The DML1 path through dcn32_enable_phantom_plane() calls kvzalloc() to allocate ~335 KiB for dc_plane_state.

This triggers the vmalloc path, which calls BUG_ON(in_interrupt()) because it's invoked within the FPU-enabled (softirq disabled) region, leading to a kernel crash. [How] Wrap the dc_state_create_phantom_plane() call with the DC_RUN_WITH_PREEMPTION_ENABLED() macro to allow preemption during this memory allocation. (cherry picked from commit 885ccbef7b94a8b38f69c4211c679021aa27ad11) When the `dcn32_enable_phantom_plane()` function attempts to allocate memory using `kvzalloc()` within a floating-point unit (FPU) enabled region where software interrupts (softirqs) are disabled, it can trigger an error.

This can lead to a kernel crash, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) for the system. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-663. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Is CVE-2026-53285 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2026-53285 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2026-53285?

The advisory VulniPulse tracks names no fixed release. Follow Red Hat's guidance for workarounds and updates.

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Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 13 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 13 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That does not mean no fix exists. Read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 13 days ago·verify at source

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