High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-38361

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Check dce_hwseq before dereferencing it

[WHAT]

hws was checked for null earlier in dce110_blank_stream, indicating hws can be null, and should be checked whenever it is used.

(cherry picked from commit 79db43611ff61280b6de58ce1305e0b2ecf675ad)

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

116

osv-coords111 versions
pkg:linux/kernel pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-azure&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-64kb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_18&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Real%20Time%20Module%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_18&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2015%20SP6
>= 4.15.0, < 6.1.162+ 110 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 4.15.0, < 6.1.162
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150700.1.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1.150700.17.9.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150700.15.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-38.1.21.15
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-38.1.21.15
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3.150600.12.36.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.8.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3.150600.12.36.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150600.13.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-150600.1.3.1
Linux/Kernelcpe-rescue5 versions
4.15+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: 4.15
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.15,<6.12.36
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)

cvss	0.507
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

CVE-2025-38361

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