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CVE-2024-43906: drm/admgpu: fix dereferencing null pointer context

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/admgpu: fix dereferencing null pointer context When user space sets an invalid ta type, the pointer context will be empty. So it need to check the pointer context before using it

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.6.46; from 6.7 before 6.10.5 — fixed in 6.10.5, 6.6.46

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.10.5, 6.6.46. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/030ffd4d43b433bc6671d9ec34fc12c59220b95d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fd52f7c2c11d330571c6bde06e5ea508ec25c9d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/641dac64178ccdb9e45c92b67120316896294d05

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