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CVE-2025-38098: drm/amd/display: Don't treat wb connector as physical in create_validate_stream_for_sink

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-03 · updated 2026-07-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Don't treat wb connector as physical in create_validate_stream_for_sink Don't try to operate on a drm_wb_connector as an amdgpu_dm_connector. While dereferencing aconnector->base will "work" it's wrong and might lead to unknown bad things. Just... don't.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.7.2 before 6.12.31; from 6.13 before 6.14.9 — fixed in 6.12.31, 6.14.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.31, 6.14.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18ca68f7c657721583a75cab01f0d0d2ec63a6c9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14e726d57f61085485f107a6203c50a09695abd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbf4890c6f28fb1ad733e14613fbd33c2004bced

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