7.8

CVE-2025-38361: drm/amd/display: Check dce_hwseq before dereferencing it

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38361DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38361
Published 25-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38361 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 40 · Related 38
DLA-4476-1DSA-6127-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1SUSE-SU-2025:02997-1SUSE-SU-2025:03011-1

Timeline

  1. 25-07-2025
    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: 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)

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.03 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu146 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 5e1482ae14b03b9fca73ef5afea26ede683f4450 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 60e450eec5d63113c6ad5c456ce64c12b4496a6e | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < e881b82f5d3d8d54d168cd276169f0fee01bf0e7 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < df11bf0ef795b6d415c4d8ee54fa3f2105e75bcb | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < b669507b637eb6b1aaecf347f193efccc65d756e | 4.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 6.12.36 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.5 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.162-1 | < 6.12.37-1

3 vendors · 149 products

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