CVE-2025-39807
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
16/09/2025
Last modified:
14/01/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
drm/mediatek: Add error handling for old state CRTC in atomic_disable<br />
<br />
Introduce error handling to address an issue where, after a hotplug<br />
event, the cursor continues to update. This situation can lead to a<br />
kernel panic due to accessing the NULL `old_state->crtc`.<br />
<br />
E,g.<br />
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address<br />
Call trace:<br />
mtk_crtc_plane_disable+0x24/0x140<br />
mtk_plane_atomic_update+0x8c/0xa8<br />
drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0x114/0x2c8<br />
drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail_rpm+0x4c/0x158<br />
commit_tail+0xa0/0x168<br />
drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x110/0x120<br />
drm_atomic_commit+0x8c/0xe0<br />
drm_atomic_helper_update_plane+0xd4/0x128<br />
__setplane_atomic+0xcc/0x110<br />
drm_mode_cursor_common+0x250/0x440<br />
drm_mode_cursor_ioctl+0x44/0x70<br />
drm_ioctl+0x264/0x5d8<br />
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0xd8/0x510<br />
invoke_syscall+0x6c/0xe0<br />
do_el0_svc+0x68/0xe8<br />
el0_svc+0x34/0x60<br />
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x1c/0xf8<br />
el0t_64_sync+0x180/0x188<br />
<br />
Adding NULL pointer checks to ensure stability by preventing operations<br />
on an invalid CRTC state.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.12.40 (including) | 6.12.45 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.15.8 (including) | 6.16 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.16.1 (including) | 6.16.5 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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