# CVE-2025-38080: drm/amd/display: Increase block\_sequence array size

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Increase block_sequence array size [Why] It's possible to generate more than 50 steps in hwss_build_fast_sequence, for example with a 6-pipe asic where all pipes are in one MPC chain. This overflows the block_sequence buffer and corrupts block_sequence_steps, causing a crash. [How] Expand block_sequence to 100 items. A naive upper bound on the possible number of steps for a 6-pipe asic, ignoring the potential for steps to be mutually exclusive, is 91 with current code, therefore 100 is sufficient.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de67e80ab48f1f23663831007a2fa3c1471a7757
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e55c5704b12eeea27e212bfab8f7e51ad3e8ac1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf1666072e7482317cf2302621766482a21a62c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a7810c212bcf2f722671dadf4b23ff70a7d23ee

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