Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-40148)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-40148). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via stream. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.17.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Add NULL pointer checks in dc_stream cursor attribute functions

The function dc_stream_set_cursor_attributes() currently dereferences
the stream pointer and nested members stream->ctx->dc->current_state
without checking for NULL.

All callers of these functions, such as in
dcn30_apply_idle_power_optimizations() and
amdgpu_dm_plane_handle_cursor_update(), already perform NULL checks
before calling these functions.

Fixes below:
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/core/dc_stream.c:336 dc_stream_program_cursor_attributes()
error: we previously assumed 'stream' could be null (see line 334)

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/core/dc_stream.c
327 bool dc_stream_program_cursor_attributes(
328 struct dc_stream_state *stream,
329 const struct dc_cursor_attributes *attributes)
330 {
331 struct dc *dc;
332 bool reset_idle_optimizations = false;
333
334 dc = stream ? stream->ctx->dc : NULL;
^^^^^^
The old code assumed stream could be NULL.

--> 336 if (dc_stream_set_cursor_attributes(stream, attributes)) {
^^^^^^
The refactor added an unchecked dereference.

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/core/dc_stream.c
313 bool dc_stream_set_cursor_attributes(
314 struct dc_stream_state *stream,
315…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-40148 has been found in Kernel.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like stream over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.17.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2025-40148" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2025-40148 (Kernel)
Attack surface: stream
Patched: 6.17.3 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via stream.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel. Attack surface: stream.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.17.3.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.17.3
```
ステージング環境で 6.17.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.17.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-40148 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.35-r1
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40148 linux Fixed in: 6.17.6-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40148 linux-hwe-edge