Local service interruption via error-pointer dereference
Published May 1, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026
Invalid-pointer dereference in the Linux kernel 6.14 through 6.14.3 allows local users to interrupt service during DPU plane updates. dpu_plane_virtual_atomic_check dereferences plane_state values returned by drm_atomic_get_plane_state without first rejecting ERR_PTR results. Reachability requires local low-privileged access to the Qualcomm MSM display path; the published assessment bounds the impact to availability.
Summary
What happened
Invalid-pointer dereference in the Linux kernel 6.14 through 6.14.3 allows local users to interrupt service during DPU plane updates. dpu_plane_virtual_atomic_check dereferences plane_state values returned by drm_atomic_get_plane_state without first rejecting ERR_PTR results. Reachability requires local low-privileged access to the Qualcomm MSM display path; the published assessment bounds the impact to availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-37783
- Published
- May 1, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 1, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.14
- Affected versionversion=774bcfb731765d092992136b54c34958d7c64bea <5cb1b130e1cd04239cc9c26a98279f4660dce583
- Affected versionversion=774bcfb731765d092992136b54c34958d7c64bea <a9670ed1cce3216778c89936d3ae91cf0d436035
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