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CVE-2025-38189

drm/v3d: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in `v3d_job_update_stats()`

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/v3d: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in `v3d_job_update_stats()` The following kernel Oops was recently reported by Mesa CI: [ 800.139824] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000588
[ 800.148619] Mem abort info:
[ 800.151402] ESR = 0x0000000096000005
[ 800.155141] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 800.160444] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 800.163488] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 800.166619] FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault
[ 800.171487] Data abort info:
[ 800.174357] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 800.179832] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 800.184873] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 800.190176] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000001014c2000
[ 800.196607] [0000000000000588] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000
[ 800.205305] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 800.211564] Modules linked in: vc4 snd_soc_hdmi_codec drm_display_helper v3d cec gpu_sched drm_dma_helper drm_shmem_helper drm_kms_helper drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm i2c_brcmstb snd_timer snd backlight
[ 800.234448] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.25+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 Debian 1:6.12.25-1+rpt1
[ 800.244182] Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 (DT)
[ 800.250005] pstate: 600000c5 (nZCv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 800.256959] pc : v3d_job_update_stats+0x60/0x130 [v3d]
[ 800.262112] lr : v3d_job_update_stats+0x48/0x130 [v3d]
[ 800.267251] sp : ffffffc080003e60
[ 800.270555] x29: ffffffc080003e60 x28: ffffffd842784980 x27: 0224012000000000
[ 800.277687] x26: ffffffd84277f630 x25: ffffff81012fd800 x24: 0000000000000020
[ 800.284818] x23: ffffff8040238b08 x22: 0000000000000570 x21: 0000000000000158
[ 800.291948] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffffff8040238000 x18: 0000000000000000
[ 800.299078] x17: ffffffa8c1bd2000 x16: ffffffc080000000 x15: 0000000000000000
[ 800.306208] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[ 800.313338] x11: 0000000000000040 x10: 0000000000001a40 x9 : ffffffd83b39757c
[ 800.320468] x8 : ffffffd842786420 x7 : 7fffffffffffffff x6 : 0000000000ef32b0
[ 800.327598] x5 : 00ffffffffffffff x4 : 0000000000000015 x3 : ffffffd842784980
[ 800.334728] x2 : 0000000000000004 x1 : 0000000000010002 x0 : 000000ba4c0ca382
[ 800.341859] Call trace:
[ 800.344294] v3d_job_update_stats+0x60/0x130 [v3d]
[ 800.349086] v3d_irq+0x124/0x2e0 [v3d]
[ 800.352835] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x58/0x218
[ 800.357539] handle_irq_event+0x54/0xb8
[ 800.361369] handle_fasteoi_irq+0xac/0x240
[ 800.365458] handle_irq_desc+0x48/0x68
[ 800.369200] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x24/0x38
[ 800.373810] gic_handle_irq+0x48/0xd8
[ 800.377464] call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x58
[ 800.381379] do_interrupt_handler+0x88/0x98
[ 800.385554] el1_interrupt+0x34/0x68
[ 800.389123] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x28
[ 800.393211] el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68
[ 800.396603] default_idle_call+0x3c/0x168
[ 800.400606] do_idle+0x1fc/0x230
[ 800.403827] cpu_startup_entry+0x40/0x50
[ 800.407742] rest_init+0xe4/0xf0
[ 800.410962] start_kernel+0x5e8/0x790
[ 800.414616] __primary_switched+0x80/0x90
[ 800.418622] Code: 8b170277 8b160296 11000421 b9000861 (b9401ac1)
[ 800.424707] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[ 800.457313] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt ]--- This issue happens when the file descriptor is closed before the jobs
submitted by it are completed. When the job completes, we update the
global GPU stats and the per-fd GPU stats, which are exposed through
fdinfo. If the file descriptor was closed, then the struct `v3d_file_priv`
and its stats were already freed and we can't update the per-fd stats. Therefore, if the file descriptor was already closed, don't u
---truncated---

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/v3d: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in `v3d_job_update_stats()` The following kernel Oops was recently reported by Mesa CI: [ 800.139824] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000588 [ 800.148619] Mem abort info: [ 800.151402] ESR = 0x0000000096000005 [ 800.155141] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 800.160444] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 800.163488] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 800.166619] FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault [ 800.171487] Data abort info: [ 800.174357] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000005, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 800.179832] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 800.184873] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 800.190176] user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000001014c2000 [ 800.196607] [0000000000000588] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000 [ 800.205305] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 800.211564] Modules linked in: vc4 snd_soc_hdmi_codec drm_display_helper v3d cec gpu_sched drm_dma_helper drm_shmem_helper drm_kms_helper drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm i2c_brcmstb snd_timer snd backlight [ 800.234448] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.12.25+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 Debian 1:6.12.25-1+rpt1 [ 800.244182] Hardware name: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 (DT) [ 800.250005] pstate: 600000c5 (nZCv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 800.256959] pc : v3d_job_update_stats+0x60/0x130 [v3d] [ 800.262112] lr : v3d_job_update_stats+0x48/0x130 [v3d] [ 800.267251] sp : ffffffc080003e60 [ 800.270555] x29: ffffffc080003e60 x28: ffffffd842784980 x27: 0224012000000000 [ 800.277687] x26: ffffffd84277f630 x25: ffffff81012fd800 x24: 0000000000000020 [ 800.284818] x23: ffffff8040238b08 x22: 0000000000000570 x21: 0000000000000158 [ 800.291948] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffffff8040238000 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 800.299078] x17: ffffffa8c1bd2000 x16: ffffffc080000000 x15: 0000000000000000 [ 800.306208] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 800.313338] x11: 0000000000000040 x10: 0000000000001a40 x9 : ffffffd83b39757c [ 800.320468] x8 : ffffffd842786420 x7 : 7fffffffffffffff x6 : 0000000000ef32b0 [ 800.327598] x5 : 00ffffffffffffff x4 : 0000000000000015 x3 : ffffffd842784980 [ 800.334728] x2 : 0000000000000004 x1 : 0000000000010002 x0 : 000000ba4c0ca382 [ 800.341859] Call trace: [ 800.344294] v3d_job_update_stats+0x60/0x130 [v3d] [ 800.349086] v3d_irq+0x124/0x2e0 [v3d] [ 800.352835] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x58/0x218 [ 800.357539] handle_irq_event+0x54/0xb8 [ 800.361369] handle_fasteoi_irq+0xac/0x240 [ 800.365458] handle_irq_desc+0x48/0x68 [ 800.369200] generic_handle_domain_irq+0x24/0x38 [ 800.373810] gic_handle_irq+0x48/0xd8 [ 800.377464] call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x58 [ 800.381379] do_interrupt_handler+0x88/0x98 [ 800.385554] el1_interrupt+0x34/0x68 [ 800.389123] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x28 [ 800.393211] el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68 [ 800.396603] default_idle_call+0x3c/0x168 [ 800.400606] do_idle+0x1fc/0x230 [ 800.403827] cpu_startup_entry+0x40/0x50 [ 800.407742] rest_init+0xe4/0xf0 [ 800.410962] start_kernel+0x5e8/0x790 [ 800.414616] __primary_switched+0x80/0x90 [ 800.418622] Code: 8b170277 8b160296 11000421 b9000861 (b9401ac1) [ 800.424707] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [ 800.457313] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt ]--- This issue happens when the file descriptor is closed before the jobs submitted by it are completed. When the job completes, we update the global GPU stats and the per-fd GPU stats, which are exposed through fdinfo. If the file descriptor was closed, then the struct `v3d_file_priv` and its stats were already freed and we can't update the per-fd stats. Therefore, if the file descriptor was already closed, don't u ---truncated---

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-07-04 CVE Published
  • 2025-07-05 EPSS Updated
  • 2025-07-07 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.18 < 6.12.35
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.18 < 6.15.4
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.18 < 6.16-rc3
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