Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
drm/msm/dpu: Add a null ptr check for dpu_encoder_needs_modeset
CVE-2025-39820
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/dpu: Add a null ptr check for dpu_encoder_needs_modeset
The drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state() can return NULL if the connector is not part of the atomic state. Add a check to prevent a NULL pointer dereference.
This follows the same pattern used in dpu_encoder_update_topology() within the same file, which checks for NULL before using conn_state.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/665188/
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.15
Patches
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