# CVE-2025-68180: drm/amd/display: Fix NULL deref in debugfs odm_combine_segments

> A local attacker can cause a kernel crash by reading a specific debugfs file when a display connector is inactive.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-68180, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68180, GHSA-h3mp-2f3h-g3rc, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-68180, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-68180, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68180

## What is CVE-2025-68180?

CVE-2025-68180 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 16 Dec 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/amd/display: Fix NULL deref in debugfs odm_combine_segments

When a connector is connected but inactive (e.g., disabled by desktop
environments), pipe_ctx->stream_res.tg will be destroyed. Then, reading
odm_combine_segments causes kernel NULL pointer dereference.

 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
 #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
 PGD 0 P4D 0
 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
 CPU: 16 UID: 0 PID: 26474 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.17.0+ #2 PREEMPT(lazy)  e6a17af9ee6db7c63e9d90dbe5b28ccab67520c6
 Hardware name: LENOVO 21Q4/LNVNB161216, BIOS PXCN25WW 03/27/2025
 RIP: 0010:odm_combine_segments_show+0x93/0xf0 [amdgpu]
 Code: 41 83 b8 b0 00 00 00 01 75 6e 48 98 ba a1 ff ff ff 48 c1 e0 0c 48 8d 8c 07 d8 02 00 00 48 85 c9 74 2d 48 8b bc 07 f0 08 00 00 <48> 8b 07 48 8b 80 08 02 00>
 RSP: 0018:ffffd1bf4b953c58 EFLAGS: 00010286
 RAX: 0000000000005000 RBX: ffff8e35976b02d0 RCX: ffff8e3aeed052d8
 RDX: 00000000ffffffa1 RSI: ffff8e35a3120800 RDI: 0000000000000000
 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff8e3580eb0000 R09: ffff8e35976b02d0
 R10: ffffd1bf4b953c78 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffd1bf4b953d08
 R13: 0000000000040000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
 FS:  00007f44d3f9f740(0000) GS:ffff8e3caa47f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000006485c2000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0
 PKRU: 55555554
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  seq_read_iter+0x125/0x490
  ? __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x18f/0x350
  seq_read+0x12c/0x170
  full_proxy_read+0x51/0x80
  vfs_read+0xbc/0x390
  ? __handle_mm_fault+0xa46/0xef0
  ? do_syscall_64+0x71/0x900
  ksys_read+0x73/0xf0
  do_syscall_64+0x71/0x900
  ? count_memcg_events+0xc2/0x190
  ? handle_mm_fault+0x1d7/0x2d0
  ? do_user_addr_fault+0x21a/0x690
  ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x1a0
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6c/0x74
 RIP: 0033:0x7f44d4031687
 Code: 48 89 fa 4c 89 df e8 58 b3 00 00 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 1a 5b c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 0f 05 <5b> c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00>
 RSP: 002b:00007ffdb4b5f0b0 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f44d3f9f740 RCX: 00007f44d4031687
 RDX: 0000000000040000 RSI: 00007f44d3f5e000 RDI: 0000000000000003
 RBP: 0000000000040000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007f44d3f5e000
 R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000040000
  </TASK>
 Modules linked in: tls tcp_diag inet_diag xt_mark ccm snd_hrtimer snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_midi snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi snd_seq snd_seq_device x>
  snd_hda_codec_atihdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek_lib lenovo_wmi_helpers think_lmi snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_soc_core kvm snd_compress uvcvideo sn>
  platform_profile joydev amd_pmc mousedev mac_hid sch_fq_codel uinput i2c_dev parport_pc ppdev lp parport nvme_fabrics loop nfnetlink ip_tables x_tables dm_cryp>
 CR2: 0000000000000000
 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
 RIP: 0010:odm_combine_segments_show+0x93/0xf0 [amdgpu]
 Code: 41 83 b8 b0 00 00 00 01 75 6e 48 98 ba a1 ff ff ff 48 c1 e0 0c 48 8d 8c 07 d8 02 00 00 48 85 c9 74 2d 48 8b bc 07 f0 08 00 00 <48> 8b 07 48 8b 80 08 02 00>
 RSP: 0018:ffffd1bf4b953c58 EFLAGS: 00010286
 RAX: 0000000000005000 RBX: ffff8e35976b02d0 RCX: ffff8e3aeed052d8
 RDX: 00000000ffffffa1 RSI: ffff8e35a3120800 RDI: 0000000000000000
 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff8e3580eb0000 R09: ffff8e35976b02d0
 R10: ffffd1bf4b953c78 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffd1bf4b953d08
 R13: 0000000000040000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001
 FS:  00007f44d3f9f740(0000) GS:ffff8e3caa47f000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000006485c2000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0
 PKRU: 55555554

Fix this by checking pipe_ctx->
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## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68180?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-68180?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-68180 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-68180 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-68180 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 16 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68180/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68180/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68180
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68180
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68180

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