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CVE-2025-38091

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-07-02
Fix available
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: check stream id dml21 wrapper to get plane_id [Why & How] Fix a false positive warning which occurs due to lack of correct checks when querying plane_id in DML21. This fixes the warning when performing a mode1 reset (cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/1/amdgpu_gpu_recover): [ 35.751250] WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 326 at /tmp/amd.PHpyAl7v/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/dml2/dml2_dc_resource_mgmt.c:91 dml2_map_dc_pipes+0x243d/0x3f40 [amdgpu] [ 35.751434] Modules linked in: amdgpu(OE) amddrm_ttm_helper(OE) amdttm(OE) amddrm_buddy(OE) amdxcp(OE) amddrm_exec(OE) amd_sched(OE) amdkcl(OE) drm_suballoc_helper drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_display_helper cec rc_core i2c_algo_bit rfcomm qrtr cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep amd_atl intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel edac_mce_amd snd_intel_dspcfg snd_intel_sdw_acpi snd_hda_codec kvm_amd snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_pcm kvm snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi crct10dif_pclmul polyval_clmulni polyval_generic btusb ghash_clmulni_intel sha256_ssse3 btrtl sha1_ssse3 snd_seq btintel aesni_intel btbcm btmtk snd_seq_device crypto_simd sunrpc cryptd bluetooth snd_timer ccp binfmt_misc rapl snd i2c_piix4 wmi_bmof gigabyte_wmi k10temp i2c_smbus soundcore gpio_amdpt mac_hid sch_fq_codel msr parport_pc ppdev lp parport efi_pstore nfnetlink dmi_sysfs ip_tables x_tables autofs4 hid_generic usbhid hid crc32_pclmul igc ahci xhci_pci libahci xhci_pci_renesas video wmi [ 35.751501] CPU: 11 UID: 0 PID: 326 Comm: kworker/u64:9 Tainted: G OE 6.11.0-21-generic #21~24.04.1-Ubuntu [ 35.751504] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE [ 35.751505] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X670E AORUS PRO X/X670E AORUS PRO X, BIOS F30 05/22/2024 [ 35.751506] Workqueue: amdgpu-reset-dev amdgpu_debugfs_reset_work [amdgpu] [ 35.751638] RIP: 0010:dml2_map_dc_pipes+0x243d/0x3f40 [amdgpu] [ 35.751794] Code: 6d 0c 00 00 8b 84 24 88 00 00 00 41 3b 44 9c 20 0f 84 fc 07 00 00 48 83 c3 01 48 83 fb 06 75 b3 4c 8b 64 24 68 4c 8b 6c 24 40 <0f> 0b b8 06 00 00 00 49 8b 94 24 a0 49 00 00 89 c3 83 f8 07 0f 87 [ 35.751796] RSP: 0018:ffffbfa3805d7680 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 35.751798] RAX: 0000000000010000 RBX: 0000000000000006 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 35.751799] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 35.751800] RBP: ffffbfa3805d78f0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 35.751801] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffbfa383249000 [ 35.751802] R13: ffffa0e68f280000 R14: ffffbfa383249658 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 35.751803] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa0edbe580000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 35.751804] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 35.751805] CR2: 00005d847ef96c58 CR3: 000000041de3e000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0 [ 35.751806] PKRU: 55555554 [ 35.751807] Call Trace: [ 35.751810] <TASK> [ 35.751816] ? show_regs+0x6c/0x80 [ 35.751820] ? __warn+0x88/0x140 [ 35.751822] ? dml2_map_dc_pipes+0x243d/0x3f40 [amdgpu] [ 35.751964] ? report_bug+0x182/0x1b0 [ 35.751969] ? handle_bug+0x6e/0xb0 [ 35.751972] ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x80 [ 35.751974] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20 [ 35.751978] ? dml2_map_dc_pipes+0x243d/0x3f40 [amdgpu] [ 35.752117] ? math_pow+0x48/0xa0 [amdgpu] [ 35.752256] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 35.752260] ? math_pow+0x48/0xa0 [amdgpu] [ 35.752400] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 35.752403] ? math_pow+0x11/0xa0 [amdgpu] [ 35.752524] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 35.752526] ? core_dcn4_mode_programming+0xe4d/0x20d0 [amdgpu] [ 35.752663] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 35.752669] dml21_validate+0x3d4/0x980 [amdgpu] (cherry picked from commit f8ad62c0a93e5dd94243e10f1b742232e4d6411e)

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.11, < 6.12.32>= 6.13, < 6.14.10= 6.15

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.12.32 / 6.14.10 or later
Fixed in 6.12.326.14.10
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.12.32+, 6.14.10+, or 6.16+

  1. 1. Identify the current kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. 2. Check if the system is running an affected kernel version (6.11.x through 6.12.31, 6.13.x through 6.14.9, or 6.15.x)
  3. 3. Update the Linux kernel to a fixed version: upgrade to kernel 6.12.32 or later, 6.14.10 or later, or 6.16 or later
  4. 4. For distribution-specific systems, use the distribution's package manager to install the latest available kernel (e.g., `apt update && apt upgrade` on Ubuntu/Debian, `dnf update` on Fedora/RHEL)
  5. 5. Reboot the system to load the new kernel
  6. 6. Verify the fix by running `uname -r` to confirm the new kernel version is loaded and performing the previously triggering operation (mode1 reset via `cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/1/amdgpu_gpu_recover`)
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require system reboot and could have compatibility impacts with out-of-tree kernel modules or specific hardware configurations; ensure backup of critical data and verify peripheral driver compatibility before upgrading

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