CVE-2025-38361
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Check dce_hwseq before dereferencing it
[WHAT]
hws was checked for null earlier in dce110_blank_stream, indicating hws can be null, and should be checked whenever it is used.
(cherry picked from commit 79db43611ff61280b6de58ce1305e0b2ecf675ad)
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.21%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 10
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact60 % - Impacto secundario
T1005Data from Local Systemcollection45 %
Vulnerabilidad local en kernel Linux sin interacción (AV:L, PR:L, UI:N) con permisos elevados de integridad y disponibilidad; null pointer dereference típico de escalada de privilegios o DoS local.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e1482ae14b03b9fca73ef5afea26ede683f4450
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60e450eec5d63113c6ad5c456ce64c12b4496a6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b669507b637eb6b1aaecf347f193efccc65d756e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df11bf0ef795b6d415c4d8ee54fa3f2105e75bcb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e881b82f5d3d8d54d168cd276169f0fee01bf0e7
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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