CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-49921

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.29%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the drm/amd/display module reuses pointers (such as dc->clk_mgr) without re-checking them for NULL, even though they were checked earlier in the same function. Coverity reported 10 FORWARD_NULL issues, which were fixed by adding the missing null checks.

Risk Assessment

Could lead to a NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash (panic) on systems with AMD GPUs, causing service unavailability or machine reboots.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for this CVE or apply the patch provided by your distribution.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS