CVE-2026-90363: Linux kernel · drm/msm: don't tear down KMS twice when KMS init fails
Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · fixed in e2a99fa93b400dfbb9598103249f71969501094a : update Linux kernel when convenient.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in e2a99fa93b400dfbb9598103249f71969501094a, 54437ace956dc7b758c0219d6f76654b3ead8d69, 08827aa40f0ee9d37dcff8d6acb340b970051486 +1
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Linux kernel to e2a99fa93b400dfbb9598103249f71969501094a, 54437ace956dc7b758c0219d6f76654b3ead8d69, 08827aa40f0ee9d37dcff8d6acb340b970051486 or 93c125e4ea98fb25f927ba5a334d85845127d667.
Affected software
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: don't tear down KMS twice when KMS init fails When priv->kms_init() (mdp4_kms_init() / mdp5_kms_init()) fails partway through, both display drivers already tear their KMS state down via mdp4_destroy() / mdp5_kms_destroy() before returning the error. The common error path in msm_drm_init() then runs msm_drm_uninit() -> msm_drm_kms_uninit(), which tries to destroy the very same KMS a second time, which causes a use-after-free crash. Bring MDP4/MDP5 in line with the DPU driver whose dpu_kms_init() doesn't perform error cleanup on the failure. Let the common path own the cleanup, instead of freeing the KMS from their error paths. The crash trace for the reference: __lock_acquire from lock_acquire (kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5906 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5863) lock_acquire from touch_wq_lockdep_map (kernel/workqueue.c:4094 (discriminator 1)) touch_wq_lockdep_map from __flush_workqueue (kernel/workqueue.c:4136) __flush_workqueue from msm_drm_kms_uninit (drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_kms.c:243 (discriminator 33)) msm_drm_kms_uninit from msm_drm_uninit (drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c:93) msm_drm_uninit from msm_drm_init (drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c:184) msm_drm_init from try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device (drivers/base/component.c:249 drivers/base/component.c:227) try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device from __component_add (drivers/base/component.c:269 drivers/base/component.c:748) __component_add from dsi_host_attach (drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c:1739) dsi_host_attach from mipi_dsi_attach (drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c:383) mipi_dsi_attach from sharp_nt_panel_probe (drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-sharp-ls043t1le01.c:247) Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/742068/
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/54437ace956dc7b758c0219d6f76654b3ead8d69 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/08827aa40f0ee9d37dcff8d6acb340b970051486 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2a99fa93b400dfbb9598103249f71969501094a (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/93c125e4ea98fb25f927ba5a334d85845127d667 (opens in a new tab)