5.5

CVE-2025-21941: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21941DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21941
Published 01-04-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-21941 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 45 · Related 42
DLA-4178-1DLA-4193-1DSA-5900-1SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1

Timeline

  1. 01-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix null check for pipe_ctx->plane_state in resource_build_scaling_params Null pointer dereference issue could occur when pipe_ctx->plane_state is null. The fix adds a check to ensure 'pipe_ctx->plane_state' is not null before accessing. This prevents a null pointer dereference. Found by code review. (cherry picked from commit 63e6a77ccf239337baa9b1e7787cde9fa0462092)

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu136 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-142.152 | < 6.8.0-84.84
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1086.93 | < 6.8.0-1039.41
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 3be5262e353b8ab97c528bfc7d0dd3c820e4ba27, < 265422915416468ba91bffa56addbff45e18342a | ≥ 3be5262e353b8ab97c528bfc7d0dd3c820e4ba27, < f435192e00bc4d5d4134356b93212670ec47fa8d | ≥ 3be5262e353b8ab97c528bfc7d0dd3c820e4ba27, < c1e54752dc12e90305eb0475ca908f42f5b369ca | ≥ 3be5262e353b8ab97c528bfc7d0dd3c820e4ba27, < 3b3c2be58d5275aa59d8b4810a59f173f2f5bac1 | ≥ 3be5262e353b8ab97c528bfc7d0dd3c820e4ba27, < e0345c3478f185ca840daac7f08a1fcd4ebec3e9 | ≥ 3be5262e353b8ab97c528bfc7d0dd3c820e4ba27, < 3748fad09d89e9a5290e1738fd6872a79f794743 | ≥ 3be5262e353b8ab97c528bfc7d0dd3c820e4ba27, < 374c9faac5a763a05bc3f68ad9f73dab3c6aec90 | 4.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 5.10.236 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.180 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.131 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.83 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.19 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.7 | 6.14:rc1 | 6.14:rc2 | 6.14:rc3 | 6.14:rc4 | 6.14:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.133-1 | < 6.12.19-1

3 vendors · 139 products

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