CVE-2025-38672
Published: Aug 22, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "drm/gem-dma: Use dma_buf from GEM object instance" This reverts commit e8afa1557f4f963c9a511bd2c6074a941c308685. The dma_buf field in struct drm_gem_object is not stable over the object instance's lifetime. The field becomes NULL when user space releases the final GEM handle on the buffer object. This resulted in a NULL-pointer deref. Workarounds in commit 5307dce878d4 ("drm/gem: Acquire references on GEM handles for framebuffers") and commit f6bfc9afc751 ("drm/framebuffer: Acquire internal references on GEM handles") only solved the problem partially. They especially don't work for buffer objects without a DRM framebuffer associated. Hence, this revert to going back to using .import_attach->dmabuf. v3: - cc stable
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected e8afa1557f4f963c9a511bd2c6074a941c308685 - < e7bdb3104a2f71ec1439d37f8e6e2f201dbcd7cfaffected e8afa1557f4f963c9a511bd2c6074a941c308685 - < 1918e79be908b8a2c8757640289bc196c14d928a |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.15unaffected 0 - < 6.15unaffected 6.15.9 - <= 6.15.*unaffected 6.16 - <= * |
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