CVE-2024-49896

MEDIUM EPSS 17.6%
Published Oct 21, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 21, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check stream before comparing them [WHAT & HOW] amdgpu_dm can pass a null stream to dc_is_stream_unchanged. It is necessary to check for null before dereferencing them. This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

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
17.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <5.10.227
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.168
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.113
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.55
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.10.14
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.11  –  <6.11.3

References 11

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0167d570f6a0b38689c4a0e50bf79c518d827500
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14db8692afe1aa2143b673856bb603713d8ea93f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35ff747c86767937ee1e0ca987545b7eed7a0810
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3944d226f55235a960d8f1135927f95e9801be12
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42d31a33643813cce55ee1ebbad3a2d0d24a08e0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/471c53350ab83e47a2a117c2738ce0363785976e
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4b13e678b15975055f4ff1ce4cf0ce4c19b6c4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e41a291e1bef1153bba091b6580ecc7affc53c82
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8da54b7f8a17e44e67ea6d1037f35450af28115
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0167d570f6a0b38689c4a0e50bf79c518d827500
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14db8692afe1aa2143b673856bb603713d8ea93f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35ff747c86767937ee1e0ca987545b7eed7a0810
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42d31a33643813cce55ee1ebbad3a2d0d24a08e0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4b13e678b15975055f4ff1ce4cf0ce4c19b6c4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e41a291e1bef1153bba091b6580ecc7affc53c82
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8da54b7f8a17e44e67ea6d1037f35450af28115
    Patch