# CVE-2025-38319: drm/amd/pp: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in atomctrl\_initialize\_mc\_reg\_table

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-10 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/pp: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table The function atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table() and atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2() does not check the return value of smu_atom_get_data_table(). If smu_atom_get_data_table() fails to retrieve vram_info, it returns NULL which is later dereferenced.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85cdcb834fb490731ff2d123f87ca799c57dacf2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7080c20a9139842033ed4af604dc1fa4028593ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdf7e1ff99ab06ef15d0b5d1aca5258a4fb62b85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f3acc8c7e6809631457b75638601b36dea3129
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4ff7391c8b75b1541900bd9d0c238e558c11fb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/820116a39f96bdc7d426c33a804b52f53700a919

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