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CVE-2024-49906: drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before try to access it

• 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 2026-10-30
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before try to access it [why & how] Change the order of the pipe_ctx->plane_state check to ensure that plane_state is not null before accessing it.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.11.3 — fixed in 6.11.3
• Linux: 4.15 — fixed in 6.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.11.3; Linux 6.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b686053c06ffb9f4524b288110cf2a831ff7a25
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2002ccb93004e76a471b180560accb2c1f850f35
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a38571ce60adb24c0db2448006d0ccc64da21adb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebef6616219ff04abdeb39450625f85419787ee3

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