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high 7.8

CVE-2025-21968 json

drm/amd/display: Fix slab-use-after-free on hdcp_work

published 2025-04-01 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-9352

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

drm/amd/display: Fix slab-use-after-free on hdcp_work

[Why] A slab-use-after-free is reported when HDCP is destroyed but the property_validate_dwork queue is still running.

[How] Cancel the delayed work when destroying workqueue.

(cherry picked from commit 725a04ba5a95e89c89633d4322430cfbca7ce128)

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.236, 5.15.180, 6.1.132, 6.6.84, 6.12.20, 6.13.8, 6.14
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.133-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.12.20-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21968

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-142.152
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-84.84
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1086.93
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1039.41
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1085.94
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1040.42
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1083.89
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1036.40

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21968

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-21968 updated cvss 7.8

kernel: drm/amd/display: Fix slab-use-after-free on hdcp_work

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
13 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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