CVE-2025-39705

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.15-6.12.43, 6.13-6.16.3, 6.17 - Null Pointer Dereference in AMD Display Driver Cleanup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix a Null pointer dereference vulnerability [Why] A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the AMD display driver's (DC module) cleanup function dc_destruct(). When display control context (dc->ctx) construction fails (due to memory allocation failure), this pointer remains NULL. During subsequent error handling when dc_destruct() is called, there's no NULL check before dereferencing the perf_trace member (dc->ctx->perf_trace), causing a kernel null pointer dereference crash. [How] Check if dc->ctx is non-NULL before dereferencing. (Updated commit text and removed unnecessary error message) (cherry picked from commit 9dd8e2ba268c636c240a918e0a31e6feaee19404)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 3.2%
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 (11)
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 6.12.44linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.16.4linux
Linux/Linux < 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.15
Linux/Linux 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c - 0961673cc5f0055957aa46f25eb4ef6c07e00165
Linux/Linux 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c - 1bcf63a44381691d6192872801f830ce3250e367
Linux/Linux 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c - 4ade995b9b25b3c6e8dc42c27070340f1358d8c8
Linux/Linux 6.12.44 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.16.4 - 6.16.*
Linux/Linux 6.17
... and 1 more
Published Sep 05, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026