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CVE-2024-49898: drm/amd/display: Check null-initialized variables

• 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: 2024-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check null-initialized variables [WHAT & HOW] drr_timing and subvp_pipe are initialized to null and they are not always assigned new values. It is necessary to check for null before dereferencing. This fixes 2 FORWARD_NULL issues reported by Coverity.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.10.14; from 6.11 before 6.11.3 — fixed in 6.10.14, 6.11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.10.14, 6.11.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115b1a3b0944b4d8ef0b4b0c5a625bdd9474131f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d262b79a3587aaa84368586a55e9026c67841b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/367cd9ceba1933b63bc1d87d967baf6d9fd241d2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc70ae048fe0936761b73b50700a810ff61e853
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3a3b6d9a9383e3c1a4a08878ba5046e68647595
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

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