CVE-2024-49921

MEDIUM EPSS 11.3%
Published Oct 21, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
Find Similar
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 null pointers before used [WHAT & HOW] Poniters, such as dc->clk_mgr, are null checked previously in the same function, so Coverity warns "implies that "dc->clk_mgr" might be null". As a result, these pointers need to be checked when used again. 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
11.3% 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/5b35bf1a82eb29841b67ff5643ba83762250fc24
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be1fb44389ca3038ad2430dac4234669bc177ee3
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b35bf1a82eb29841b67ff5643ba83762250fc24
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be1fb44389ca3038ad2430dac4234669bc177ee3
    Patch