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Medium 5.5Published Sep 16, 2025

CVE-2025-39820drm/msm/dpu: Add a null ptr check for dpu_encoder_needs_modeset

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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/

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-476
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 1ce69c265a53c61c5c29f97f542ff89af3f3d7e7 before aaec54254b02f5959c3670177037464d828b2140; from 1ce69c265a53c61c5c29f97f542ff89af3f3d7e7 before abebfed208515726760d79cf4f9f1a76b9a10a84
CNA record
linux linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
from 6.15 before 6.16.5; 6.17; 6.17; 6.17
NVD

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