CVE-2025-38240

drm/mediatek: dp: drm_err => dev_err in HPD path to avoid NULL ptr

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Apr 18, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Apr 16, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/mediatek: dp: drm_err => dev_err in HPD path to avoid NULL ptr

The function mtk_dp_wait_hpd_asserted() may be called before the `mtk_dp->drm_dev` pointer is assigned in mtk_dp_bridge_attach(). Specifically it can be called via this callpath: - mtk_edp_wait_hpd_asserted - [panel probe] - dp_aux_ep_probe

Using "drm" level prints anywhere in this callpath causes a NULL pointer dereference. Change the error message directly in mtk_dp_wait_hpd_asserted() to dev_err() to avoid this. Also change the error messages in mtk_dp_parse_capabilities(), which is called by mtk_dp_wait_hpd_asserted().

While touching these prints, also add the error code to them to make future debugging easier.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 7eacba9a083be65c0f251c19380ec01147c01ebc to before 13ec849fd2eab808ee8eba2625df7ebea3b85edfAffected
  • 7eacba9a083be65c0f251c19380ec01147c01ebc to before 57a9fb47551b33cde7b76d17c0072c3b394f4620Affected
  • 7eacba9a083be65c0f251c19380ec01147c01ebc to before 2fda391ef7a701748abd7fa32232981b522c1e07Affected
  • 7eacba9a083be65c0f251c19380ec01147c01ebc to before 149a5c38436c229950cf1020992ce65c9549bc19Affected
  • 7eacba9a083be65c0f251c19380ec01147c01ebc to before 106a6de46cf4887d535018185ec528ce822d6d84Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.6Affected
  • before 6.6Not affected
  • 6.6.87 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.23 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.13.11 through 6.13.*Not affected
  • 6.14.2 through 6.14.*Not affected
  • 6.15 and laterNot affected

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