CVE-2025-39707
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Publication date: 2025-09-05
Last updated on: 2025-11-25
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-476 | The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the Linux kernel involves the drm/amdgpu driver where the HUBBUB structure is not initialized on DCE hardware. Because of this, if the code does not check whether HUBBUB is NULL before accessing the amdgpu_dm_capabilities file in debugfs, it can lead to a null pointer dereference, potentially causing a crash or instability.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can cause a null pointer dereference when accessing the amdgpu_dm_capabilities file in debugfs on affected hardware, which may lead to system crashes or instability in the Linux kernel's graphics driver.