Linux Kernel up to 6.12.31/6.14.9 AMD Display privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.31/6.14.9 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component AMD Display. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-38091. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.31/6.14.9. This affects an unknown part of the component AMD Display. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: check stream id dml21 wrapper to get plane_id [Why & How] Fix a false positive warning which occurs due to lack of correct checks when querying plane_id in DML21. This fixes the warning when performing a mode1 reset (cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/1/amdgpu_gpu_recover): [ 35.751250] WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 326 at /tmp/amd.PHpyAl7v/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/dml2/dml2_dc_resource_mgmt.c:91 dml2_map_dc_pipes+0x243d/0x3f40 [amdgpu] [ 35.751434] Modules linked in: amdgpu(OE) amddrm_ttm_helper(OE) amdttm(OE) amddrm_buddy(OE) amdxcp(OE) amddrm_exec(OE) amd_sched(OE) amdkcl(OE) drm_suballoc_helper drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_display_helper cec rc_core i2c_algo_bit rfcomm qrtr cmac algif_hash algif_skcipher af_alg bnep amd_atl intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel edac_mce_amd snd_intel_dspcfg snd_intel_sdw_acpi snd_hda_codec kvm_amd snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_pcm kvm snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi crct10dif_pclmul polyval_clmulni polyval_generic btusb ghash_clmulni_intel sha256_ssse3 btrtl sha1_ssse3 snd_seq btintel aesni_intel btbcm btmtk snd_seq_device crypto_simd sunrpc cryptd bluetooth snd_timer ccp binfmt_misc rapl snd i2c_piix4 wmi_bmof gigabyte_wmi k10temp i2c_smbus soundcore gpio_amdpt mac_hid sch_fq_codel msr parport_pc ppdev lp parport efi_pstore nfnetlink dmi_sysfs ip_tables x_tables autofs4 hid_generic usbhid hid crc32_pclmul igc ahci xhci_pci libahci xhci_pci_renesas video wmi [ 35.751501] CPU: 11 UID: 0 PID: 326 Comm: kworker/u64:9 Tainted: G OE 6.11.0-21-generic #21~24.04.1-Ubuntu [ 35.751504] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE [ 35.751505] Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X670E AORUS PRO X/X670E AORUS PRO X, BIOS F30 05/22/2024 [ 35.751506] Workqueue: amdgpu-reset-dev amdgpu_debugfs_reset_work [amdgpu] [ 35.751638] RIP: 0010:dml2_map_dc_pipes+0x243d/0x3f40 [amdgpu] [ 35.751794] Code: 6d 0c 00 00 8b 84 24 88 00 00 00 41 3b 44 9c 20 0f 84 fc 07 00 00 48 83 c3 01 48 83 fb 06 75 b3 4c 8b 64 24 68 4c 8b 6c 24 40 <0f> 0b b8 06 00 00 00 49 8b 94 24 a0 49 00 00 89 c3 83 f8 07 0f 87 [ 35.751796] RSP: 0018:ffffbfa3805d7680 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 35.751798] RAX: 0000000000010000 RBX: 0000000000000006 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 35.751799] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000005 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 35.751800] RBP: ffffbfa3805d78f0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 35.751801] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffbfa383249000 [ 35.751802] R13: ffffa0e68f280000 R14: ffffbfa383249658 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 35.751803] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffa0edbe580000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 35.751804] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 35.751805] CR2: 00005d847ef96c58 CR3: 000000041de3e000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0 [ 35.751806] PKRU: 55555554 [ 35.751807] Call Trace: [ 35.751810] <TASK> [ 35.751816] ? show_regs+0x6c/0x80 [ 35.751820] ? __warn+0x88/0x140 [ 35.751822] ? dml2_map_dc_pipes+0x243d/0x3f40 [amdgpu] [ 35.751964] ? report_bug+0x182/0x1b0 [ 35.751969] ? handle_bug+0x6e/0xb0 [ 35.751972] ? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x80 [ 35.751974] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1b/0x20 [ 35.751978] ? dml2_map_dc_pipes+0x243d/0x3f40 [amdgpu] [ 35.752117] ? math_pow+0x48/0xa0 [amdgpu] [ 35.752256] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 35.752260] ? math_pow+0x48/0xa0 [amdgpu] [ 35.752400] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 35.752403] ? math_pow+0x11/0xa0 [amdgpu] [ 35.752524] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 35.752526] ? core_dcn4_mode_programming+0xe4d/0x20d0 [amdgpu] [ 35.752663] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ 35.752669] dml21_validate+0x3d4/0x980 [amdgpu] (cherry picked from commit f8ad62c0a93e5dd94243e10f1b742232e4d6411e)

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-38091 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 265934 (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7769-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.12.32 or 6.14.10 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 6f47d7408133631a1b178f8a04e79aee189ef046/c53f23f7075c9f63f14d7ec8f2cc3e33e118d986/2ddac70fed50485aa4ae49cdb7478ce41d8d4715 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (265934), EUVD (EUVD-2025-19734) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1452). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell Avamar
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
• 6.12.12
• 6.12.13
• 6.12.14
• 6.12.15
• 6.12.16
• 6.12.17
• 6.12.18
• 6.12.19
• 6.12.20
• 6.12.21
• 6.12.22
• 6.12.23
• 6.12.24
• 6.12.25
• 6.12.26
• 6.12.27
• 6.12.28
• 6.12.29
• 6.12.30
• 6.12.31
• 6.14.0
• 6.14.1
• 6.14.2
• 6.14.3
• 6.14.4
• 6.14.5
• 6.14.6
• 6.14.7
• 6.14.8
• 6.14.9

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 265934
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7769-1)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Kernel 6.12.32/6.14.10
Patch: 6f47d7408133631a1b178f8a04e79aee189ef046/c53f23f7075c9f63f14d7ec8f2cc3e33e118d986/2ddac70fed50485aa4ae49cdb7478ce41d8d4715

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
07/02/2025 +77 days Advisory disclosed
07/02/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/17/2026 +289 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-38091 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-38091
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314625
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1452 - Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2025 17:17
Updated: 04/17/2026 13:33
Changes: 07/02/2025 17:17 (56), 07/02/2025 18:36 (1), 07/31/2025 09:52 (7), 08/12/2025 12:41 (1), 08/23/2025 13:24 (1), 09/21/2025 13:28 (1), 09/28/2025 07:31 (2), 11/09/2025 10:21 (1), 11/21/2025 02:19 (13), 12/05/2025 22:13 (1), 04/17/2026 13:33 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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