Bug 2360923 (CVE-2025-38240) - CVE-2025-38240 kernel: drm/mediatek: dp: drm_err => dev_err in HPD path to avoid NULL ptr
Summary: CVE-2025-38240 kernel: drm/mediatek: dp: drm_err => dev_err in HPD path to av...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-38240
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-04-18 08:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-04-18 14:18 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-04-18 08:01:22 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/mediatek: dp: drm_err => dev_err in HPD path to avoid NULL ptr

The function mtk_dp_wait_hpd_asserted() may be called before the
`mtk_dp->drm_dev` pointer is assigned in mtk_dp_bridge_attach().
Specifically it can be called via this callpath:
 - mtk_edp_wait_hpd_asserted
 - [panel probe]
 - dp_aux_ep_probe

Using "drm" level prints anywhere in this callpath causes a NULL
pointer dereference. Change the error message directly in
mtk_dp_wait_hpd_asserted() to dev_err() to avoid this. Also change the
error messages in mtk_dp_parse_capabilities(), which is called by
mtk_dp_wait_hpd_asserted().

While touching these prints, also add the error code to them to make
future debugging easier.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-04-18 13:49:46 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025041818-CVE-2025-38240-4787@gregkh/T


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