Bug 2393494 (CVE-2025-39705) - CVE-2025-39705 kernel: drm/amd/display: fix a Null pointer dereference vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2025-39705 kernel: drm/amd/display: fix a Null pointer dereference vulner...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-39705
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-09-05 18:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-29 18:33 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-05 18:02:16 UTC
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)

Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-09-05 21:59:32 UTC Comment hidden (spam)

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