CVE-2025-39820CWE-476

CVE-2025-39820

Medium · published September 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/msm/dpu: Add a null ptr check for dpu_encoder_needs_modeset

The drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state() can return NULL if the

connector is not part of the atomic state. Add a check to prevent

a NULL pointer dereference.

This follows the same pattern used in dpu_encoder_update_topology()

within the same file, which checks for NULL before using conn_state.

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/665188/

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00133 · 2.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2025-09-16T17:15Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.15, < 6.16.56.16.5
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 SEP 13:00Z
    drm/msm/dpu: Add a null ptr check for dpu_encoder_needs_modeset
    cvelistv5