{"cve":"CVE-2026-98783","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:17:32.267","modified":"2026-10-21T13:21:46.390","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/mediatek: Add missing IS_ERR check for ovl_adaptor platform device\n\nplatform_device_register_data() can fail and return an ERR_PTR, but the\nreturn value is used without checking, leading to an invalid pointer\nbeing stored in ddp_comp[].dev and passed to component_match_add() and\nmtk_ddp_comp_init(), which could result in a kernel crash.\n\nAdd an IS_ERR() check to jump to the error handling path on failure.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4acac370aad2d4895a82f40b2f03e9ef70eecaa6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88f8a92dcb0cb154774595dee7226458de4cbd38","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeef8a8537bcfb26689edb36ed905b8b2873001c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bce7698e2e6565bb765bd0522337f29f5f312624","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0ffb09cf1bf2a0f301f51fb45371c09dc78fcd0"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98783","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.05971,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}