CVE-2025-38361: drm/amd/display: Check dce_hwseq before dereferencing it

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Linux Linux

  • 4.15affected
  • 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c and later · before 5e1482ae14b03b9fca73ef5afea26ede683f4450affected · git
  • 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c and later · before 60e450eec5d63113c6ad5c456ce64c12b4496a6eaffected · git
  • 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c and later · before e881b82f5d3d8d54d168cd276169f0fee01bf0e7affected · git
  • 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c and later · before df11bf0ef795b6d415c4d8ee54fa3f2105e75bcbaffected · git
  • 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c and later · before b669507b637eb6b1aaecf347f193efccc65d756eaffected · git
  • before 4.15not affected · semver
  • 6.1.162 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
  • 6.6.122 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
  • 6.12.36 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• linux linux kernel4.15 and later · before 6.12.36
• linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.15.5
• linux linux kernel6.16

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2026-31431crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-placeKEV
  90Now
• CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe…KEV
  89Now
• CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
  85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

• ← EarlierCVE-2025-38358Jul 25, 2025 · btrfs: fix race between async reclaim worker and close_ctree()
  18Monitor
• ← EarlierCVE-2025-38360Jul 25, 2025 · drm/amd/display: Add more checks for DSC / HUBP ONO guarantees
  22Monitor
• Later →CVE-2025-38362Jul 25, 2025 · drm/amd/display: Add null pointer check for get_first_active_display()
  22Monitor

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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