---
id: CVE-2026-97426
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/amdgpu/pm: fix SmartShift bias sysfs store PM refcount on parse error

  Return the parse error before acquiring PM access.
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/amdgpu/pm: fix SmartShift bias sysfs store PM refcount on parse error

  Return the parse error before acquiring PM access.
severity: medium
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    95e13b25196295654563028861e6802807006ad4
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    a4b0c3f5d2287997876d8f711a40d3c0418458d8
  - Linux < 6.18.53
  - Linux (all versions)
published: '2026-09-24'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T13:17:26.150'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97426'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95e13b25196295654563028861e6802807006ad4'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4b0c3f5d2287997876d8f711a40d3c0418458d8'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97426.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97426'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2540401'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97426'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97426'
  - url: >-
      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97426.mbox
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ingestedAt: '2026-09-24T16:47:15.883Z'
epss: 0.00155
epssPercentile: 0.04643
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: vendor
cwe:
  - CWE-911
---

## Overview

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

drm/amdgpu/pm: fix SmartShift bias sysfs store PM refcount on parse error

Return the parse error before acquiring PM access.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · updated 2026-10-17 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-97426.json)