CVE-2025-38360: drm/amd/display: Add more checks for DSC / HUBP ONO guarantees

highCVSS 7.1CVE-2025-38360

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Linux product: Linux kernel Denial of service

What: drm/amd/display lacks sufficient validation of DSC and HUBP ONO guarantees, leading to potential system crashes.
Who is affected: Systems with AMD GPUs using DisplayPort Stream Compression (DSC) features.
Urgency: High; unvalidated parameters can crash the display driver and system.
Action: Apply kernel patch or update to a fixed Linux kernel version with enhanced DSC/HUBP validation.

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Details

Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (INTL · vendor-psirt · site)
Severity: high — CVSS 7.1
Published: 2026-08-06
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38360

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-383600.16% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 5% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-38360	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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