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CVE-2024-49901

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the drm/msm/adreno driver has a NULL pointer dereference because msm_gpu->pdev is assigned too late. The fix assigns msm_gpu->pdev earlier to avoid NULL ptrs.

Risk Assessment

A kernel crash (null pointer dereference) leading to denial of service may occur. The vulnerability affects the Qualcomm Adreno GPU driver.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix. Avoid using outdated msm/adreno drivers.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/adreno: Assign msm_gpu->pdev earlier to avoid nullptrs There are some cases, such as the one uncovered by Commit 46d4efcccc68 ("drm/msm/a6xx: Avoid a nullptr dereference when speedbin setting fails") where msm_gpu_cleanup() : platform_set_drvdata(gpu->pdev, NULL); is called on gpu->pdev == NULL, as the GPU device has not been fully initialized yet. Turns out that there's more than just the aforementioned path that causes this to happen (e.g. the case when there's speedbin data in the catalog, but opp-supported-hw is missing in DT). Assigning msm_gpu->pdev earlier seems like the least painful solution to this, therefore do so. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/602742/

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