SB2025012043 - NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel drm xe driver
Published: January 20, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21644)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the xe_gt_tlb_fence_timeout() function in drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_tlb_invalidation.c, within the xe_gt_init_early() and xe_gt_init() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.