Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-21747

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/ast: astdp: Fix timeout for enabling video signal The ASTDP transmitter sometimes takes up to 1 second for enabling the video signal, while the timeout is only 200 msec. This results in a kernel error message. Increase the timeout to 1 second. An example of the error message is shown below. [ 697.084433] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 697.091115] ast 0000:02:00.0: [drm] drm_WARN_ON(!__ast_dp_wait_enable(ast, enabled)) [ 697.091233] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 160 at drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp.c:232 ast_dp_set_enable+0x123/0x140 [ast] [...] [ 697.272469] RIP: 0010:ast_dp_set_enable+0x123/0x140 [ast] [...] [ 697.415283] Call Trace: [ 697.420727] <TASK> [ 697.425908] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x196/0x2c0 [ 697.433304] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x196/0x2c0 [ 697.440693] ? drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables+0x30a/0x470 [ 697.450115] ? ast_dp_set_enable+0x123/0x140 [ast] [ 697.458059] ? __warn.cold+0xaf/0xca [ 697.464713] ? ast_dp_set_enable+0x123/0x140 [ast] [ 697.472633] ? report_bug+0x134/0x1d0 [ 697.479544] ? handle_bug+0x58/0x90 [ 697.486127] ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x40 [ 697.492975] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20 [ 697.500224] ? preempt_count_sub+0x14/0xc0 [ 697.507473] ? ast_dp_set_enable+0x123/0x140 [ast] [ 697.515377] ? ast_dp_set_enable+0x123/0x140 [ast] [ 697.523227] drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables+0x30a/0x470 [ 697.532388] drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x58/0x90 [ 697.540400] ast_mode_config_helper_atomic_commit_tail+0x30/0x40 [ast] [ 697.550009] commit_tail+0xfe/0x1d0 [ 697.556547] drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x198/0x1c0 This is a cosmetical problem. Enabling the video signal still works even with the error message. The problem has always been present, but only recent versions of the ast driver warn about missing the timeout.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-21747: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 4e29cc7c5c673299cfbaf4982fc8b6a72c9f706f, 6.13, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.14

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-21747?
CVE-2025-21747 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-21747?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.