In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/mdp5: Fix global state lock backoff
We need to grab the lock after the early return for !hwpipe case.
Otherwise, we could have hit contention yet still returned 0.
Fixes an issue that the new CONFIG_DRM_DEBUG_MODESET_LOCK stuff flagged
in CI:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 282 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c:296 drm_modeset_lock+0xf8/0x154
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 282 Comm: kms_cursor_lega Tainted: G W 5.19.0-rc2-15930-g875cc8bc536a #1
Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. DB820c (DT)
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : drm_modeset_lock+0xf8/0x154
lr : drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state+0x84/0x170
sp : ffff80000cfab6a0
x29: ffff80000cfab6a0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff000083bc4d00
x26: 0000000000000038 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff80000957ca58
x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff000081ace080 x21: 0000000000000001
x20: ffff000081acec18 x19: ffff80000cfabb80 x18: 0000000000000038
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: fffffffffffea0d0
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 284e4f5f4e524157 x12: 5f534b434f4c5f47
x11: ffff80000a386aa8 x10: 0000000000000029 x9 : ffff80000cfab610
x8 : 0000000000000029 x7 : 0000000000000014 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : ffff8000081ad904 x3 : 0000000000000029
x2 : ffff0000801db4c0 x1 : ffff80000cfabb80 x0 : ffff000081aceb58
Call trace:
drm_modeset_lock+0xf8/0x154
drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state+0x84/0x170
mdp5_get_global_state+0x54/0x6c
mdp5_pipe_release+0x2c/0xd4
mdp5_plane_atomic_check+0x2ec/0x414
drm_atomic_helper_check_planes+0xd8/0x210
drm_atomic_helper_check+0x54/0xb0
...
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
drm_modeset_lock attempting to lock a contended lock without backoff:
drm_modeset_lock+0x148/0x154
mdp5_get_global_state+0x30/0x6c
mdp5_pipe_release+0x2c/0xd4
mdp5_plane_atomic_check+0x290/0x414
drm_atomic_helper_check_planes+0xd8/0x210
drm_atomic_helper_check+0x54/0xb0
drm_atomic_check_only+0x4b0/0x8f4
drm_atomic_commit+0x68/0xe0
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/492701/
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it