# CVE-2025-38363: drm/tegra: Fix a possible null pointer dereference

- 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: 5.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tegra: Fix a possible null pointer dereference In tegra_crtc_reset(), new memory is allocated with kzalloc(), but no check is performed. Before calling __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_reset, state should be checked to prevent possible null pointer dereference.

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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/ab390ab81241cf8bf37c0a0ac2e9c6606bf3e991
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7fc459ae6f988e0d5045a270bd600ab08bc61f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99a25fc7933b88d5e16668bf6ba2d098e1754406
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ff3636bcc32e1cb747f6f820bcf2bb6990a7d41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ac2c680a8ac11dc54a5b339a07e138bcedd924
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac4ca634f0c9f227538711d725339293f7047b02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/780351a5f61416ed2ba1199cc57e4a076fca644d

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