CVE-2025-39705: Linux kernel · drm/amd/display: fix a Null pointer dereference vulnerability
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium · fixed in dd9699368f37aca4f216857847a46a8a2c289f94 : update Linux kernel when convenient.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 16:33 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none- Patch
- Available – fixed in dd9699368f37aca4f216857847a46a8a2c289f94, 0961673cc5f0055957aa46f25eb4ef6c07e00165, 4ade995b9b25b3c6e8dc42c27070340f1358d8c8 +2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Sep 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Affected software
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Description
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)
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39705 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0961673cc5f0055957aa46f25eb4ef6c07e00165 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d9f4f202de1522aadc7a827aba0ae92b3d70937 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bcf63a44381691d6192872801f830ce3250e367 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ade995b9b25b3c6e8dc42c27070340f1358d8c8 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd9699368f37aca4f216857847a46a8a2c289f94 (opens in a new tab)