CVE-2025-38674

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.15-6.15.9 - NULL Pointer Dereference in DRM Prime GEM Object Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "drm/prime: Use dma_buf from GEM object instance" This reverts commit f83a9b8c7fd0557b0c50784bfdc1bbe9140c9bf8. The dma_buf field in struct drm_gem_object is not stable over the object instance's lifetime. The field becomes NULL when user space releases the final GEM handle on the buffer object. This resulted in a NULL-pointer deref. Workarounds in commit 5307dce878d4 ("drm/gem: Acquire references on GEM handles for framebuffers") and commit f6bfc9afc751 ("drm/framebuffer: Acquire internal references on GEM handles") only solved the problem partially. They especially don't work for buffer objects without a DRM framebuffer associated. Hence, this revert to going back to using .import_attach->dmabuf. v3: - cc stable

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.15.0 - 6.15.9linux
Linux/Linux < 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.15.9 - 6.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.16
Linux/Linux f83a9b8c7fd0557b0c50784bfdc1bbe9140c9bf8 - 5f05d83ce689a8930a70dfa73f879604aef8cc03
Linux/Linux f83a9b8c7fd0557b0c50784bfdc1bbe9140c9bf8 - fb4ef4a52b79a22ad382bfe77332642d02aef773
linux/linux_kernel 6.16 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.15 - 6.15.9
Published Aug 22, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026