CVE-2025-68196 (GCVE-0-2025-68196)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-16 13:43 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:48
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Title
drm/amd/display: Cache streams targeting link when performing LT automation
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Cache streams targeting link when performing LT automation [WHY] Last LT automation update can cause crash by referencing current_state and calling into dc_update_planes_and_stream which may clobber current_state. [HOW] Cache relevant stream pointers and iterate through them instead of relying on the current_state.
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 9c6669c2e21a2d9b3f3857883c715a302ae64ac0 , < 9ecd238e8230e83a5c5436fd2261da4518f5c979 (git)
Affected: 9c6669c2e21a2d9b3f3857883c715a302ae64ac0 , < f5b69101f956f5b89605a13cb15f093a7906f2a1 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.17 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17.8 , ≤ 6.17.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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