CVE-2026-98654

What the bug is

[Why] The OTG_GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS register controls various HW IRQ sources for the output timing generator (OTG). VUPDATE_NO_LOCK is one of them. To enable the IRQ, driver sets the VUPDATE_NO_LOCK_EN bit in the GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS register. To ack the IRQ after it fires, the driver sets the VUPDATE_NO_LOCK_CLEAR bit in the same GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS register. The bit sets are done through read/modify/write operations, which are not atomic. Thus, the following race is possible: Thread A: IRQ handler: *HW IRQ fires* # IRQ disable val = read(GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS) unset(val, VUPDATE_NO_LOCK_EN) write(val, GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS) # ACK reads VUPDATE_NO_LOCK_EN unset val1 = read(GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS) set(val1, VUPDATE_NO_LOCK_CLEAR) # IRQ enable val = read(GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS) set(val, VUPDATE_NO_LOCK_EN) write(val, GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS) # BAD! clears VUPDATE_NO_LOCK_EN write(val1, GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS) Regarding the tagged Fixes: change, it appears the change made this race more likely to occur. Since VUPDATE_NO_LOCK is now the sole IRQ source for vblank handling, a single race on high refresh panels can lead to a time out. [How] The GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS register is only one example, other IRQ control registers also share the same scheme. On top of GLOBAL_SYNC_STATUS, let's clean up those as well. To keep things simple, Let's atomize the IRQ rmw ops via a single driver-wide spinlock. Due to the small scope of this lock, it is unlikely to cause noticeable overhead on top of all the existing locking within the IRQ set/handle paths. Since DM is responsible for locking, wrap dc_interrupt_set/ack with the spinlock in the new amdgpu_dm_irq_set/ack functions. Migrate/drop all references in DM to dc_interrupt_set/ack to use amdgpu_dm_irq_set/ack instead. (cherry picked from commit 70de0a0216583a53c946155f8c8adedfdca6b4e7)

Where it lives

The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.h
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.h
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_crtc_test.c
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_helpers_test.c
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_irq_test.c

What this is

AMD DISPLAY COREMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/ · amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org · Supported

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Not established. This site could not find the build rule for the affected file in the kernel trees Debian ships, so it has no answer about whether Debian compiles this code. Read that as unknown, never as absent.

• bookworm, trixie, forky, sid?

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not established - no Makefile entry for the affected file

Where a release above reads "not established", no build rule for the affected file was found in that release's kernel tree. That is a gap in this lookup, not a finding that the code is absent.

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS

Signals

Published

2026-10-18 (today)source

CVSS

no vector published, unrated

Attack vector

not published

EPSS

not scored

CISA KEV

not listedthe KEV catalogue

Debian urgency

unimportantsource

Subsystem

drivers/gpu

Upstream fixes

The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source

Introduced	Fixed in	Commit
7.3	7.3	63e19ef3ddab