CVE-2025-39675: drm/amd/display: Add null pointer check in mod_hdcp_hdcp1_create_session()

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-39675 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 05-09-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 12-05-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Add null pointer check in mod_hdcp_hdcp1_create_session() The function mod_hdcp_hdcp1_create_session() calls the function get_first_active_display(), but does not check its return value. The return value is a null pointer if the display list is empty. This will lead to a null pointer dereference. Add a null pointer check for get_first_active_display() and return MOD_HDCP_STATUS_DISPLAY_NOT_FOUND if the function return null. This is similar to the commit c3e9826a2202 ("drm/amd/display: Add null pointer check for get_first_active_display()"). (cherry picked from commit 5e43eb3cd731649c4f8b9134f857be62a416c893)

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceThe product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.