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CVE-2024-50049: drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before dereferencing se

• 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 pointer before dereferencing se [WHAT & HOW] se is null checked previously in the same function, indicating it might be null; therefore, it must be checked when used again. This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.10.227; from 5.11 before 5.15.168; from 5.16 before 6.1.113; from 6.2 before 6.6.57; from 6.7 before 6.11.4 — fixed in 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.11.4, 6.6.57

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.11.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65b2d49e55fe13ae56da3a7685bdccadca31134a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a79933fb08a002ba9400d1a7a5df707ecdb896
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9b4fd1946678fa0e069e442f3c5a7d3fa446fac
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c643ef59390e49f1dfab35e8ea65f5db5e527d64
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4149eec960110ffd5bcb161075dd9f1d7773075
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff599ef6970ee000fa5bc38d02fa5ff5f3fc7575
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

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