{"id":"CVE-2025-68184","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/mediatek: Disable AFBC support on Mediatek DRM driver\n\nCommit c410fa9b07c3 (\"drm/mediatek: Add AFBC support to Mediatek DRM\ndriver\") added AFBC support to Mediatek …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/mediatek: Disable AFBC support on Mediatek DRM driver\n\nCommit c410fa9b07c3 (\"drm/mediatek: Add AFBC support to Mediatek DRM\ndriver\") added AFBC support to Mediatek …","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","published":"2025-12-16","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68184","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0eaa0a3dfe218c4cf1a0782ccbbc9e3931718f17","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72223700b620885d556a4c52a63f5294316176c6","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9882a40640036d5bbc590426a78981526d4f2345","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df1ad5de2197ea1b527d13ae7b699e9ee7d724d4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0015,"epssPercentile":0.03715,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T13:30:58.447Z","slug":"CVE-2025-68184","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/mediatek: Disable AFBC support on Mediatek DRM driver\n\nCommit c410fa9b07c3 (\"drm/mediatek: Add AFBC support to Mediatek DRM\ndriver\") added AFBC support to Mediatek DRM and enabled the\n32x8/split/sparse modifier.\n\nHowever, this is currently broken on Mediatek MT8188 (Genio 700 EVK\nplatform); tested using upstream Kernel and Mesa (v25.2.1), AFBC is used by\ndefault since Mesa v25.0.\n\nKernel trace reports vblank timeouts constantly, and the render is garbled:\n\n```\n[CRTC:62:crtc-0] vblank wait timed out\nWARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 70 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1835 drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks.part.0+0x24c/0x27c\n[...]\nHardware name: MediaTek Genio-700 EVK (DT)\nWorkqueue: events_unbound commit_work\npstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks.part.0+0x24c/0x27c\nlr : drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks.part.0+0x24c/0x27c\nsp : ffff80008337bca0\nx29: ffff80008337bcd0 x28: 0000000000000061 x27: 0000000000000000\nx26: 0000000000000001 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff0000c9dcc000\nx23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff0000c66f2f80\nx20: ffff0000c0d7d880 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 000000000000000a\nx17: 000000040044ffff x16: 005000f2b5503510 x15: 0000000000000000\nx14: 0000000000000000 x13: 74756f2064656d69 x12: 742074696177206b\nx11: 0000000000000058 x10: 0000000000000018 x9 : ffff800082396a70\nx8 : 0000000000057fa8 x7 : 0000000000000cce x6 : ffff8000823eea70\nx5 : ffff0001fef5f408 x4 : ffff80017ccee000 x3 : ffff0000c12cb480\nx2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000c12cb480\nCall trace:\n drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks.part.0+0x24c/0x27c (P)\n drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail_rpm+0x64/0x80\n commit_tail+0xa4/0x1a4\n commit_work+0x14/0x20\n process_one_work+0x150/0x290\n worker_thread+0x2d0/0x3ec\n kthread+0x12c/0x210\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n```\n\nUntil this gets fixed upstream, disable AFBC support on this platform, as\nit's currently broken with upstream Mesa.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.1,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}