# CVE-2025-38361: drm/amd/display: Check dce\_hwseq before dereferencing it

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-25 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check dce_hwseq before dereferencing it [WHAT] hws was checked for null earlier in dce110_blank_stream, indicating hws can be null, and should be checked whenever it is used. (cherry picked from commit 79db43611ff61280b6de58ce1305e0b2ecf675ad)

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e1482ae14b03b9fca73ef5afea26ede683f4450
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60e450eec5d63113c6ad5c456ce64c12b4496a6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e881b82f5d3d8d54d168cd276169f0fee01bf0e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df11bf0ef795b6d415c4d8ee54fa3f2105e75bcb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b669507b637eb6b1aaecf347f193efccc65d756e

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