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The normal remove path likewise leaves the device\nregistered after the DRM driver is unbound.\n\nKeep track of whether the OVL adaptor was successfully registered and\nunregister it on probe failure. 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Also recover the platform device from\nthe stored DDP component device and unregister it during normal\nremoval.\n\nThe issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and\nconfirmed by manual review."}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:25:35.401Z","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux"},"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d85bd738aba61df14dfaf8fe638e2172d8427bf"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/629458b7e49559593823e351535294db17331be7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e3a350075b556f2fed4517705935bfee4529fb6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/048739be3e9cacae5301b68245668002fe6f0ce5"}],"title":"drm/mediatek: Fix ovl adaptor platform device leak","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","assignerShortName":"Linux","cveId":"CVE-2026-98782","datePublished":"2026-10-18T15:48:19.567Z","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.369Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:25:35.401Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2026-10-18 16:17:32","lastModifiedDate":"2026-10-19 10:19:42","problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"configurations":[]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"98782","Ordinal":"1","Title":"drm/mediatek: Fix ovl adaptor platform device leak","CVE":"CVE-2026-98782","Year":"2026"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"98782","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/mediatek: Fix ovl adaptor platform device leak\n\nmtk_drm_probe() creates an OVL adaptor platform device with\nplatform_device_register_data() when the display pipeline requires the\nOVL adaptor.\n\nIf a later initialization step fails, the probe error path releases\nthe DRM resources without unregistering the already registered OVL\nadaptor device. 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