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The amd display drm tag covers discussions about the AMD Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem within the Linux kernel, specifically focusing on the display driver component. Content under this tag includes security vulnerabilities such as CVE-2026-31488, which involves a use-after-free bug in the drm/amd/display code related to DSC validation and mode_changed handling during atomic commits. The tag also touches on issues like memory leaks and state management errors that can occur when external MST/DP displays are attached. Topics are technical and relevant to Linux kernel developers, system administrators, and users running AMD graphics hardware on Linux systems.
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    CVE-2026-31488: AMD Linux DRM DSC mode_changed Bug Causes Leak to UAF

    CVE-2026-31488 is a narrowly scoped but operationally serious Linux kernel bug in AMD’s display stack, and it shows how a small state-management mistake can ripple into memory leaks and use-after-free conditions. The flaw centers on drm/amd/display and the way DSC validation handled mode_changed...
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