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CVE-2025-71138: drm/msm/dpu: Add missing NULL pointer check for pingpong interface

• 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 2026-10-30
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: Add missing NULL pointer check for pingpong interface It is checked almost always in dpu_encoder_phys_wb_setup_ctl(), but in a single place the check is missing. Also use convenient locals instead of phys_enc->* where available. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/693860/

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.19.1 before 6.6.120; from 6.7 before 6.12.64; from 6.13 before 6.18.4; 6.19-rc1, 6.19-rc2, 6.19-rc3, 6.19-rc4, 6.19-rc5, 6.19-rc6 (+2); 5.19 — fixed in 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.4
• Linux: 5.19 — fixed in 6.19

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.120, 6.12.64, 6.18.4; Linux 6.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d63df37b56a0aae2503147f234f5238304c62b5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35ea3282136a630a3fd92b76f5a3a02651145ef1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/471baae774a30a04cf066907b60eaf3732928cb7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/678d1c86566dfbb247ba25482d37fddde6140cc9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88733a0b64872357e5ecd82b7488121503cb9cc6

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