CVE-2025-40360 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-40360

drm/sysfb: Do not dereference NULL pointer in plane reset

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sysfb: Do not dereference NULL pointer in plane reset The plane state in __drm_gem_reset_shadow_plane() can be NULL. Do not deref that pointer, but forward NULL to the other plane-reset helpers. Clears plane->state to NULL. v2: - fix typo in commit description (Javier)

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
b715650220311e50448cb499c71084ca8aeeeece, 5.15, 0, 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.58, 6.17.8, 6.18

Timeline

Official Publish: December 16th, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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