CVE-2025-71103: drm/msm: adreno: fix deferencing ifpc_reglist when not declared

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: adreno: fix deferencing ifpc_reglist when not declared On plaforms with an a7xx GPU not supporting IFPC, the ifpc_reglist if still deferenced in a7xx_patch_pwrup_reglist() which causes a kernel crash: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000008 ... pc : a6xx_hw_init+0x155c/0x1e4c [msm] lr : a6xx_hw_init+0x9a8/0x1e4c [msm] ... Call trace: a6xx_hw_init+0x155c/0x1e4c [msm] (P) msm_gpu_hw_init+0x58/0x88 [msm] adreno_load_gpu+0x94/0x1fc [msm] msm_open+0xe4/0xf4 [msm] drm_file_alloc+0x1a0/0x2e4 [drm] drm_client_init+0x7c/0x104 [drm] drm_fbdev_client_setup+0x94/0xcf0 [drm_client_lib] drm_client_setup+0xb4/0xd8 [drm_client_lib] msm_drm_kms_post_init+0x2c/0x3c [msm] msm_drm_init+0x1a4/0x228 [msm] msm_drm_bind+0x30/0x3c [msm] ... Check the validity of ifpc_reglist before deferencing the table to setup the register values. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/688944/

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.18.1 before 6.18.3; 6.18, 6.19-rc1, 6.19-rc2, 6.19-rc3, 6.19-rc4, 6.19-rc5 (+3) — fixed in 6.18.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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