Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-22093 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked at the 9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-11199
Vulnerability Data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: avoid NPD when ASIC does not support DMUB ctx->dmub_srv will de NULL if the ASIC does not support DMUB, which is tested in dm_dmub_sw_init. However, it will be dereferenced…
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in dmub_hw_lock_mgr_cmd if should_use_dmub_lock returns true. This has been the case since dmub support has been added for PSR1. Fix this by checking for dmub_srv in should_use_dmub_lock. [ 37.440832] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058 [ 37.447808] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 37.452959] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 37.458112] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 37.460662] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 37.465553] CPU: 2 UID: 1000 PID: 1745 Comm: DrmThread Not tainted 6.14.0-rc1-00003-gd62e938120f0 #23 99720e1cb1e0fc4773b8513150932a07de3c6e88 [ 37.478324] Hardware name: Google Morphius/Morphius, BIOS Google_Morphius.13434.858.0 10/26/2023 [ 37.487103] RIP: 0010:dmub_hw_lock_mgr_cmd+0x77/0xb0 [ 37.492074] Code: 44 24 0e 00 00 00 00 48 c7 04 24 45 00 00 0c 40 88 74 24 0d 0f b6 02 88 44 24 0c 8b 01 89 44 24 08 85 f6 75 05 c6 44 24 0e 01 <48> 8b 7f 58 48 89 e6 ba 01 00 00 00 e8 08 3c 2a 00 65 48 8b 04 5 [ 37.510822] RSP: 0018:ffff969442853300 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 37.516052] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff92db03000000 RCX: ffff969442853358 [ 37.523185] RDX: ffff969442853368 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 37.530322] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 00000000000004a7 R09: 00000000000004a5 [ 37.537453] R10: 0000000000000476 R11: 0000000000000062 R12: ffff92db0ade8000 [ 37.544589] R13: ffff92da01180ae0 R14: ffff92da011802a8 R15: ffff92db03000000 [ 37.551725] FS: 0000784a9cdfc6c0(0000) GS:ffff92db2af00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 37.559814] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 37.565562] CR2: 0000000000000058 CR3: 0000000112b1c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 [ 37.572697] Call Trace: [ 37.575152] <TASK> [ 37.577258] ? __die_body+0x66/0xb0 [ 37.580756] ? page_fault_oops+0x3e7/0x4a0 [ 37.584861] ? exc_page_fault+0x3e/0xe0 [ 37.588706] ? exc_page_fault+0x5c/0xe0 [ 37.592550] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [ 37.596742] ? dmub_hw_lock_mgr_cmd+0x77/0xb0 [ 37.601107] dcn10_cursor_lock+0x1e1/0x240 [ 37.605211] program_cursor_attributes+0x81/0x190 [ 37.609923] commit_planes_for_stream+0x998/0x1ef0 [ 37.614722] update_planes_and_stream_v2+0x41e/0x5c0 [ 37.619703] dc_update_planes_and_stream+0x78/0x140 [ 37.624588] amdgpu_dm_atomic_commit_tail+0x4362/0x49f0 [ 37.629832] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 37.633847] ? mark_held_locks+0x6d/0xd0 [ 37.637774] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x50 [ 37.642135] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 37.646148] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x95/0x150 [ 37.650510] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 37.654522] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2f/0x50 [ 37.658883] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 37.662897] ? wait_for_common+0x186/0x1c0 [ 37.666998] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 37.671009] ? drm_crtc_next_vblank_start+0xc3/0x170 [ 37.675983] commit_tail+0xf5/0x1c0 [ 37.679478] drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x2a2/0x2b0 [ 37.684186] drm_atomic_commit+0xd6/0x100 [ 37.688199] ? __cfi___drm_printfn_info+0x10/0x10 [ 37.692911] drm_atomic_helper_update_plane+0xe5/0x130 [ 37.698054] drm_mode_cursor_common+0x501/0x670 [ 37.702600] ? __cfi_drm_mode_cursor_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [ 37.707572] drm_mode_cursor_ioctl+0x48/0x70 [ 37.711851] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xf2/0x150 [ 37.715781] drm_ioctl+0x363/0x590 [ 37.719189] ? __cfi_drm_mode_cursor_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [ 37.724165] amdgpu_drm_ioctl+0x41/0x80 [ 37.728013] __se_sys_ioctl+0x7f/0xd0 [ 37.731685] do_syscall_64+0x87/0x100 [ 37.735355] ? vma_end_read+0x12/0xe0 [ 37.739024] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f [ 37.743041] ? find_held_lock+0x47/0xf0 [ 37.746884] ? vma_end_read+0x12/0xe0 [ 37.750552] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0 ---truncated---
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation (including static analysis) directly finds null-dereference bugs before deployment.
Documented development standards and tools can enforce null-safety rules and safe pointer usage.
Engineering principles can mandate defensive coding such as explicit null checks before dereference.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices (static analysis, code review, safe coding standards) directly prevent NULL dereference bugs during development.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect NULL dereference defects before release.
Secure SDLC mandates defensive coding practices that can prevent NULL dereferences.
Application security requirements can specify input validation and pointer-safety rules.
Secure architecture principles encourage defensive design that avoids unsafe pointer use.
Secure coding standards directly require NULL-pointer checks and safe dereference patterns.