CVE-2024-38548: drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix possible null pointer dereference

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix possible null pointer dereference In cdns_mhdp_atomic_enable(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mhdp_state->current_mode, and there is a dereference of it in drm_mode_set_name(), which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Fix this bug add a check of mhdp_state->current_mode.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 5.10 before 5.10.219; from 5.11 before 5.15.161; from 5.16 before 6.1.93; from 6.2 before 6.6.33; from 6.7 before 6.8.12; from 6.9 before 6.9.3 — fixed in 5.10.219, 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.219, 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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