CVE-2025-68228 drm/plane: Fix create_in_format_blob() return value
A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel DRM plane code allows local attackers to cause a system crash.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-68228?
CVE-2025-68228 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/plane: Fix create_in_format_blob() return value
create_in_format_blob() is either supposed to return a valid pointer or an error, but never NULL. The caller will dereference the blob when it is not an error, and thus will oops if NULL returned. Return proper error values in the failure cases.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68228?
How do I fix CVE-2025-68228?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-68228 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68228 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-68228, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68228, GHSA-fpwf-6j3q-4mf9, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68228.