Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-31562)
Summary
Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-31562). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.18.21, 6.19.11 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: dsi: Store driver data before invoking mipi_dsi_host_register
The call to mipi_dsi_host_register triggers a callback to mtk_dsi_bind,
which uses dev_get_drvdata to retrieve the mtk_dsi struct, so this
structure needs to be stored inside the driver data before invoking it.
As drvdata is currently uninitialized it leads to a crash when
registering the DSI DRM encoder right after acquiring
the mode_config.idr_mutex, blocking all subsequent DRM operations.
Fixes the following crash during mediatek-drm probe (tested on Xiaomi
Smart Clock x04g):
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000000000000040
[...]
Modules linked in: mediatek_drm(+) drm_display_helper cec drm_client_lib
drm_dma_helper drm_kms_helper panel_simple
[...]
Call trace:
drm_mode_object_add+0x58/0x98 (P)
__drm_encoder_init+0x48/0x140
drm_encoder_init+0x6c/0xa0
drm_simple_encoder_init+0x20/0x34 [drm_kms_helper]
mtk_dsi_bind+0x34/0x13c [mediatek_drm]
component_bind_all+0x120/0x280
mtk_drm_bind+0x284/0x67c [mediatek_drm]
try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device+0x23c/0x320
__component_add+0xa4/0x198
component_add+0x14/0x20
mtk_dsi_host_attach+0x78/0x100 [mediatek_drm]
mipi_dsi_attach+0x2c/0x50
panel_simple_dsi_probe+0x4c/0x9c [panel_simple]
mipi_dsi_drv_probe+0x1c/0x28
really_probe+0xc0/0x3dc
__driver_probe_device+0x80/0x160
driver_probe_device+0x40/0x120
__device_attach_driver+0xbc/0x17c
bu…
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31562 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.18.21, 6.19.11 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-31562" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-31562 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.18.21, 6.19.11 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 6.18.21, 6.19.11.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Kernelを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Kernel to 6.18.21, 6.19.11ステージング環境で 6.18.21, 6.19.11 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-31562 linux-lts
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31562 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31562 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org