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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-40288" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-12-06T21:51:14.440Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T21:46:27.181Z" 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-2025-40288" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-40288.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40288" title: "drm/amdgpu: Fix NULL pointer dereference in VRAM logic for APU devices" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amdgpu: Fix NULL pointer dereference in VRAM logic for APU devices\n\nPreviously, APU platforms (and other scenarios with uninitialized VRAM managers)\ntriggered a NULL pointer dereference in `ttm_resource_manager_usage()`. The root\ncause is not that the `struct ttm_resource_manager *man` pointer itself is NULL,\nbut that `man-\u003ebdev` (the backing device pointer within the manager) remains\nuninitialized (NULL) on APUs—since APUs lack dedicated VRAM and do not fully\nset up VRAM manager structures. When `ttm_resource_manager_usage()` attempts to\nacquire `man-\u003ebdev-\u003elru_lock`, it dereferences the NULL `man-\u003ebdev`, leading to\na kernel OOPS.\n\n1. **amdgpu_cs.c**: Extend the existing bandwidth control check in\n `amdgpu_cs_get_threshold_for_moves()` to include a check for\n `ttm_resource_manager_used()`. If the manager is not used (uninitialized\n `bdev`), return 0 for migration thresholds immediately—skipping VRAM-specific\n logic that would trigger the NULL dereference.\n\n2. **amdgpu_kms.c**: Update the `AMDGPU_INFO_VRAM_USAGE` ioctl and memory info\n reporting to use a conditional: if the manager is used, return the real VRAM\n usage; otherwise, return 0. This avoids accessing `man-\u003ebdev` when it is\n NULL.\n\n3. **amdgpu_virt.c**: Modify the vf2pf (virtual function to physical function)\n data write path. Use `ttm_resource_manager_used()` to check validity: if the\n manager is usable, calculate `fb_usage` from VRAM usage; otherwise, set\n `fb_usage` to 0 (APUs have no discrete framebuffer to report).\n\nThis approach is more robust than APU-specific checks because it:\n- Works for all scenarios where the VRAM manager is uninitialized (not just APUs),\n- Aligns with TTM's design by using its native helper function,\n- Preserves correct behavior for discrete GPUs (which have fully initialized\n `man-\u003ebdev` and pass the `ttm_resource_manager_used()` check).\n\nv4: use ttm_resource_manager_used(&adev-\u003emman.vram_mgr.manager) instead of checking the adev-\u003egmc.is_app_apu flag (Christian)" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e70113b741ba253886cd71dbadfe3ea444bb2f5c"},{"version":"d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1243e396148a65bb6c42a2b70fe43e50c16c494f"},{"version":"d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"43aa61c18a3a45042b098b7a1186ffb29364002c"},{"version":"d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"070bdce18fb12a49eb9c421e57df17d2ad29bf5f"},{"version":"d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"883f309add55060233bf11c1ea6947140372920f"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.2"},{"version":"6.1.159","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.117","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.59","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.17.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.17.*"},{"version":"6.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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