# drm/mediatek: Fix pdev reference leak in mtk_drm_bind()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98781`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98781`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:48 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `1ef7ed48356cd5f9af2b7671956991b658d8c2ba to before 4a0ae61067671f556eeaf5ea4e59a1db63163d70` (git)
  - affected: `1ef7ed48356cd5f9af2b7671956991b658d8c2ba to before 4a8f9cad0fced77b36b297c67c42730c9cb32ec6` (git)
  - affected: `1ef7ed48356cd5f9af2b7671956991b658d8c2ba to before b84f1386d84b3a73f73ebb416a3f97c5d64a8ab3` (git)
  - affected: `1ef7ed48356cd5f9af2b7671956991b658d8c2ba to before cb3e0244514d13507c6048777e1d0277e611cf6c` (git)
  - affected: `1ef7ed48356cd5f9af2b7671956991b658d8c2ba to before 3753e34b73fcbe2a2edbe984614a008a261697ef` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.4`
  - unaffected: `before 6.4` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.10 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98781](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98781)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98781](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98781)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a0ae61067671f556eeaf5ea4e59a1db63163d70>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a8f9cad0fced77b36b297c67c42730c9cb32ec6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b84f1386d84b3a73f73ebb416a3f97c5d64a8ab3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb3e0244514d13507c6048777e1d0277e611cf6c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3753e34b73fcbe2a2edbe984614a008a261697ef>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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