CVE-2025-38361

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check dce_hwseq before dereferencing it [WHAT] hws was checked for null earlier in dce110_blank_stream, indicating hws can be null, and should be checked whenever it is used. (cherry picked from commit 79db43611ff61280b6de58ce1305e0b2ecf675ad)

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b669507b637eb6b1aaecf347f193efccc65d756e	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df11bf0ef795b6d415c4d8ee54fa3f2105e75bcb	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e881b82f5d3d8d54d168cd276169f0fee01bf0e7	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2::::::

History

18 Nov 2025, 20:30

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b669507b637eb6b1aaecf347f193efccc65d756e -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b669507b637eb6b1aaecf347f193efccc65d756e - Patch
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df11bf0ef795b6d415c4d8ee54fa3f2105e75bcb -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df11bf0ef795b6d415c4d8ee54fa3f2105e75bcb - Patch
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e881b82f5d3d8d54d168cd276169f0fee01bf0e7 -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e881b82f5d3d8d54d168cd276169f0fee01bf0e7 - Patch
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1::::::
First Time		Linux linux Kernel Linux

Information

Published : 2025-07-25 13:15

Updated : 2025-11-18 20:30

NVD link : CVE-2025-38361

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38361

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38361

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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