CVE-2024-49922

MEDIUM5.5

drm/amd/display: Check null pointers before using them

Published Oct 21, 2024

Modified 6 months ago

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Check null pointers before using them

[WHAT & HOW] These pointers are null checked previously in the same function, indicating they might be null as reported by Coverity. As a result, they need to be checked when used again.

This fixes 3 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

References

WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ff12bcd7deaeed25efb5120433c6a45dd5504a8 WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e9386baa3033c369564d55de4bab62423e8a1d3 WEBhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65e1d2c291553ef3f433a0b7109cc3002a5f40ae ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49922

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedOct 21, 2024

ModifiedJul 11, 2025