CVE-2025-38098 (GCVE-0-2025-38098)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-03 08:13
Modified
2025-07-11 17:21
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Don't treat wb connector as physical in create_validate_stream_for_sink Don't try to operate on a drm_wb_connector as an amdgpu_dm_connector. While dereferencing aconnector->base will "work" it's wrong and might lead to unknown bad things. Just... don't.
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Linux Linux Version: 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c
Version: 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c
Version: 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c
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