CVE-2024-49920

MEDIUM EPSS 11.9%
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 pointers before multiple uses [WHAT & HOW] Poniters, such as stream_enc and dc->bw_vbios, are null checked previously in the same function, so Coverity warns "implies that stream_enc and dc->bw_vbios might be null". They are used multiple times in the subsequent code and need to be checked. This fixes 10 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
11.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <6.11.3

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26787fb6c2b2ee0d1a7e1574b36f4711ae40fe27
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd5ecbbff751c3b9061d8ebb08e5c96119915b4
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26787fb6c2b2ee0d1a7e1574b36f4711ae40fe27
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd5ecbbff751c3b9061d8ebb08e5c96119915b4
    Patch