NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-kvmsmall package, versions <6.12.0-160000.37.1

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kvmsmall package and not the kernel-kvmsmall package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Fix dc_link NULL handling in HPD init

amdgpu_dm_hpd_init() may see connectors without a valid dc_link.

The code already checks dc_link for the polling decision, but later unconditionally dereferences it when setting up HPD interrupts.

Assign dc_link early and skip connectors where it is NULL.

Fixes the below: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c:940 amdgpu_dm_hpd_init() error: we previously assumed 'dc_link' could be null (see line 931)

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c 923 /* 924 * Analog connectors may be hot-plugged unlike other connector 925 * types that don't support HPD. Only poll analog connectors. 926 */ 927 use_polling |= 928 amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link && ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The patch adds this NULL check but hopefully it can be removed

929                         dc_connector_supports_analog(amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link->link_id.id);
930
931                 dc_link = amdgpu_dm_connector->dc_link;

dc_link assigned here.

932
933                 /*
934                  * Get a base driver irq reference for hpd ints for the lifetime
935                  * of dm. Note that only hpd interrupt types are registered with
936                  * base driver; hpd_rx types aren't. IOW, amdgpu_irq_get/put on
937                  * hpd_rx isn't available. DM currently controls hpd_rx
938                  * explicitly with dc_interrupt_set()
939                  */

--> 940 if (dc_link->irq_source_hpd != DC_IRQ_SOURCE_INVALID) { ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If it's NULL then we are trouble because we dereference it here.

941                         irq_type = dc_link->irq_source_hpd - DC_IRQ_SOURCE_HPD1;
942                         /*
943                          * TODO: There's a mismatch between mode_info.num_hpd
944                          * and what bios reports as the # of connectors with hpd

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46245.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267678
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/226a40c06a183abaeb7529a4f54d6c203bd14407
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a490e4d3c9fed1e690c8de348416eea3a9f054ff