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CVE-2024-49922: drm/amd/display: Check null pointers before using them

• 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 pointers before using them [WHAT & HOW] These pointers are null checked previously in the same function, indicating they might be null as reported by Coverity. As a result, they need to be checked when used again. This fixes 3 FORWARD_NULL issue 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
• Linux: 4.15 — fixed in 6.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.10.14, 6.11.3; Linux 6.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ff12bcd7deaeed25efb5120433c6a45dd5504a8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/336bc3461b1c74e085bb0f2e1488df4dcc6dc983
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/530e3d67637e55a59c131f1569352798692b81e9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e9386baa3033c369564d55de4bab62423e8a1d3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65e1d2c291553ef3f433a0b7109cc3002a5f40ae

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