Medium 5.5Published Jan 14, 2026

CVE-2025-71138drm/msm/dpu: Add missing NULL pointer check for pingpong interface

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 2:23 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: Add missing NULL pointer check for pingpong interface It is checked almost always in dpu_encoder_phys_wb_setup_ctl(), but in a single place the check is missing. Also use convenient locals instead of phys_enc->* where available. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/693860/

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
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: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from d7d0e73f7de33a2b9998b607707a3e944ef3b86d before 678d1c86566dfbb247ba25482d37fddde6140cc9; from d7d0e73f7de33a2b9998b607707a3e944ef3b86d before 471baae774a30a04cf066907b60eaf3732928cb7; from d7d0e73f7de33a2b9998b607707a3e944ef3b86d before 35ea3282136a630a3fd92b76f5a3a02651145ef1; from d7d0e73f7de33a2b9998b607707a3e944ef3b86d before 88733a0b64872357e5ecd82b7488121503cb9cc6	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.19.1 before 6.6.120; from 6.7 before 6.12.64; from 6.13 before 6.18.4; 5.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; and 4 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/678d1c86566dfbb247ba25482d37fddde6140cc9	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/471baae774a30a04cf066907b60eaf3732928cb7	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35ea3282136a630a3fd92b76f5a3a02651145ef1	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88733a0b64872357e5ecd82b7488121503cb9cc6	patch

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