Kernel fault via uninitialized previous-OPP pointer
Published Sep 3, 2026 · Updated Sep 3, 2026
Uninitialized-pointer use in Linux 6.19 allows local users to fault the kernel or skip the first MediaTek GPU operating point. On the first mtk_mfg_attach_dev() loop iteration, drivers/pmdomain/mediatek/mtk-mfg-pmdomain.c tests prev_o before assigning it and can dereference an indeterminate pointer. The path is reached while attaching a device to the MediaTek MFG power domain; the documented outcomes are a kernel fault or incorrect omission of the first OPP.
Summary
What happened
Uninitialized-pointer use in Linux 6.19 allows local users to fault the kernel or skip the first MediaTek GPU operating point. On the first mtk_mfg_attach_dev() loop iteration, drivers/pmdomain/mediatek/mtk-mfg-pmdomain.c tests prev_o before assigning it and can dereference an indeterminate pointer. The path is reached while attaching a device to the MediaTek MFG power domain; the documented outcomes are a kernel fault or incorrect omission of the first OPP.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80751
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 3, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
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- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Sep 3, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 3, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.19
- Affected versionversion=f08e7a4e8d6ac4de677727af352ea33c6ce9f444 <090a95dbe13df9965279b588d97eda134831769c
- Affected versionversion=f08e7a4e8d6ac4de677727af352ea33c6ce9f444 <de4eec0dfde8c0e27f8915bbb244d17ff68f2fb4
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