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CVE-2025-38130: drm/connector: only call HDMI audio helper plugged cb if non-null

• 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 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/connector: only call HDMI audio helper plugged cb if non-null On driver remove, sound/soc/codecs/hdmi-codec.c calls the plugged_cb with NULL as the callback function and codec_dev, as seen in its hdmi_remove function. The HDMI audio helper then happily tries calling said null function pointer, and produces an Oops as a result. Fix this by only executing the callback if fn is non-null. This means the .plugged_cb and .plugged_cb_dev members still get appropriately cleared.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.14 before 6.15.3 — fixed in 6.15.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.15.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/933f3eab1d489af8d734bff855b10d29dd5968a4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be9b3f9a54101c19226c25ba7163d291183777a0

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