CVE-2024-43894

MEDIUM EPSS 13.5%
Published Aug 26, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 26, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/client: fix null pointer dereference in drm_client_modeset_probe In drm_client_modeset_probe(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to modeset->mode, which will lead to a possible NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Add a check to avoid npd.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
13.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.3  –  <5.4.282
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.224
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.165
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.105
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.46
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.10.5
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any

References 9

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/113fd6372a5bb3689aba8ef5b8a265ed1529a78f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24ddda932c43ffe156c7f3c568bed85131c63ae6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5291d4f73452c91e8a11f71207617e3e234d418e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/612cae53e99ce32a58cb821b3b67199eb6e92dff
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c763dfe09425152b6bb0e348900a637c62c2ce52
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d64847c383100423aecb6ac5f18be5f4316d9d62
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d64fc94f7bb24fc2be0d6bd5df8df926da461a6d
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/113fd6372a5bb3689aba8ef5b8a265ed1529a78f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24ddda932c43ffe156c7f3c568bed85131c63ae6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5291d4f73452c91e8a11f71207617e3e234d418e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/612cae53e99ce32a58cb821b3b67199eb6e92dff
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c763dfe09425152b6bb0e348900a637c62c2ce52
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d64847c383100423aecb6ac5f18be5f4316d9d62
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d64fc94f7bb24fc2be0d6bd5df8df926da461a6d
    Patch