# CVE-2025-68196: drm/amd/display: Cache streams targeting link when performing LT automation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Cache streams targeting link when performing LT automation [WHY] Last LT automation update can cause crash by referencing current_state and calling into dc_update_planes_and_stream which may clobber current_state. [HOW] Cache relevant stream pointers and iterate through them instead of relying on the current_state.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ecd238e8230e83a5c5436fd2261da4518f5c979
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5b69101f956f5b89605a13cb15f093a7906f2a1

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