CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-39807

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the drm/mediatek driver lacked error handling for the old CRTC state in atomic_disable. After a hotplug event, the cursor could continue updating, leading to a kernel panic due to accessing NULL old_state->crtc. NULL pointer checks were added to prevent operations on an invalid CRTC state.

Risk Assessment

Can cause kernel panic and system unavailability on devices with MediaTek hardware, especially after display hotplug. Affects system stability and availability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the drm/mediatek fix. If update is not possible, avoid unnecessary hotplug operations on affected devices.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: Add error handling for old state CRTC in atomic_disable Introduce error handling to address an issue where, after a hotplug event, the cursor continues to update. This situation can lead to a kernel panic due to accessing the NULL `old_state->crtc`. E,g. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address Call trace: mtk_crtc_plane_disable+0x24/0x140 mtk_plane_atomic_update+0x8c/0xa8 drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0x114/0x2c8 drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail_rpm+0x4c/0x158 commit_tail+0xa0/0x168 drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x110/0x120 drm_atomic_commit+0x8c/0xe0 drm_atomic_helper_update_plane+0xd4/0x128 __setplane_atomic+0xcc/0x110 drm_mode_cursor_common+0x250/0x440 drm_mode_cursor_ioctl+0x44/0x70 drm_ioctl+0x264/0x5d8 __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xd8/0x510 invoke_syscall+0x6c/0xe0 do_el0_svc+0x68/0xe8 el0_svc+0x34/0x60 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x1c/0xf8 el0t_64_sync+0x180/0x188 Adding NULL pointer checks to ensure stability by preventing operations on an invalid CRTC state.

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