CVE-2025-39811 drm/xe/vm: Clear the scratch_pt pointer on error
A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's Xe GPU driver can cause a system crash during error cleanup.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-39811?
CVE-2025-39811 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/xe/vm: Clear the scratch_pt pointer on error
Avoid triggering a dereference of an error pointer on cleanup in xe_vm_free_scratch() by clearing any scratch_pt error pointer.
(cherry picked from commit 358ee50ab565f3c8ea32480e9d03127a81ba32f8)
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39811?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-39811?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-39811 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39811 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-39811, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39811, GHSA-qv4c-fxg6-m2pf, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-39811, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39811.