CVE-2024-49898

MEDIUM EPSS 14.5%
Published Oct 21, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 21, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check null-initialized variables [WHAT & HOW] drr_timing and subvp_pipe are initialized to null and they are not always assigned new values. It is necessary to check for null before dereferencing. This fixes 2 FORWARD_NULL issues 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
14.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <6.10.14
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.11  –  <6.11.3

References 6

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115b1a3b0944b4d8ef0b4b0c5a625bdd9474131f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d262b79a3587aaa84368586a55e9026c67841b
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/367cd9ceba1933b63bc1d87d967baf6d9fd241d2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc70ae048fe0936761b73b50700a810ff61e853
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3a3b6d9a9383e3c1a4a08878ba5046e68647595
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115b1a3b0944b4d8ef0b4b0c5a625bdd9474131f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/367cd9ceba1933b63bc1d87d967baf6d9fd241d2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc70ae048fe0936761b73b50700a810ff61e853
    Patch