# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-38240"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-04-18T07:01:32.338Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T21:23:56.828Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38240"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38240.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38240"
title: "drm/mediatek: dp: drm_err =\u003e dev_err in HPD path to avoid NULL ptr"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/mediatek: dp: drm_err =\u003e dev_err in HPD path to avoid NULL ptr\n\nThe function mtk_dp_wait_hpd_asserted() may be called before the\n`mtk_dp-\u003edrm_dev` pointer is assigned in mtk_dp_bridge_attach().\nSpecifically it can be called via this callpath:\n - mtk_edp_wait_hpd_asserted\n - [panel probe]\n - dp_aux_ep_probe\n\nUsing \"drm\" level prints anywhere in this callpath causes a NULL\npointer dereference. Change the error message directly in\nmtk_dp_wait_hpd_asserted() to dev_err() to avoid this. Also change the\nerror messages in mtk_dp_parse_capabilities(), which is called by\nmtk_dp_wait_hpd_asserted().\n\nWhile touching these prints, also add the error code to them to make\nfuture debugging easier."
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