CVE-2024-49923
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-476
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Pass non-null to dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags [WHAT & HOW] "dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags" dereferences merge, and thus it cannot be a null pointer. Let's pass a valid pointer to avoid null dereference. This fixes 2 FORWARD_NULL issues reported by Coverity.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5559598742fb4538e4c51c48ef70563c49c2af23 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5559598742fb4538e4c51c48ef70563c49c2af23Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85aa996ecfaa95d1e922867390502d23ce21b905Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a05270869f40c89f8d184fe2d37cb86e0d7e5f5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34fe02e7207be635725dcf92dbe7003e11697a5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a580cd15397e102aaec25986ae5acf492f8930