5.5

CVE-2025-39693: drm/amd/display: Avoid a NULL pointer dereference

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39693DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39693
Published 05-09-2025Last modified 12-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-39693 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.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 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 45 · Related 40
DLA-4328-1DSA-6008-1DSA-6009-1MGASA-2025-0234MGASA-2025-0235OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1

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: Avoid a NULL pointer dereference [WHY] Although unlikely drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state() or drm_atomic_get_old_connector_state() can return NULL. [HOW] Check returns before dereference. (cherry picked from commit 1e5e8d672fec9f2ab352be121be971877bff2af9)

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.16% 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

Affected systems

Version check

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

Ubuntu149 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-163.173 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1097.104 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.1.153-1 | < 6.12.48-1 | < 6.16.5-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 9c92d12b5cb9d9d88c12ae71794d3a7382fcdec0 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 6f860abff89417c0354b6ee5bbca188a233c5762 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 36a6b43573d152736eaf2557fe60580dd73e9350 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < f653dd30839eb4f573a7539e90b8a58ff9bedf2f | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 0c1a486cbe6f9cb194e3c4a8ade4af2a642ba165 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 07b93a5704b0b72002f0c4bd1076214af67dc661 | 4.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 5.15.190 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.149 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.103 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.44 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.16.4 | 6.17:rc1 | 6.17:rc2

3 vendors · 153 products

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