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CVE-2025-40360: drm/sysfb: Do not dereference NULL pointer in plane reset

• Severity: unknown
• 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: 2025-12-16 · updated 2026-10-14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sysfb: Do not dereference NULL pointer in plane reset The plane state in __drm_gem_reset_shadow_plane() can be NULL. Do not deref that pointer, but forward NULL to the other plane-reset helpers. Clears plane->state to NULL. v2: - fix typo in commit description (Javier)

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 5.15 — fixed in 6.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14e02ed3876f4ab0ed6d3f41972175f8b8df3d70
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6abeff03cb79a2c7f4554a8e8738acd35bb37152
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdef5648a60e49d4a3b02461ab7ae3776877e77
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b61ed8005bd3102510fab5015ac6a275c9c5ea16
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4faf7f417eea8b8d5cc570a1015736f307aa2d5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7d5e69866bbe95c1e4ab4c10a81e0a02d9ea232

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