What is CVE-2025-39906?

CVE-2025-39906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2025-39906?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2025-39906

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: remove oem i2c adapter on finish Fixes a bug where unbinding of the GPU would leave the oem i2c adapter registered resulting in a null pointer dereference when applications try to access the invalid device. (cherry picked from commit 89923fb7ead4fdd37b78dd49962d9bb5892403e6)

EPSS: 0.001 (2.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 3d5470c973149f479572dcf4eea064775041ea6c, 6.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.17

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-39906?: CVE-2025-39906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-39906?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.