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drm/amd/display: Don't treat wb connector as physical in create_validate_stream_for_sink

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.31, 6.14.9
CVEs
CVE-2025-38098
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 20:31 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm/amd/display: Don't treat wb connector as physical in create_validate_stream_for_sink

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Jul 2025, 08:13 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2025-38098

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.31, 6.14.9

Complete source record
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