CVE-2024-53056: drm/mediatek: Fix potential NULL dereference in mtk_crtc_destroy()

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: 2024-11-19 · updated 2026-10-30
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mediatek: Fix potential NULL dereference in mtk_crtc_destroy() In mtk_crtc_create(), if the call to mbox_request_channel() fails then we set the "mtk_crtc->cmdq_client.chan" pointer to NULL. In that situation, we do not call cmdq_pkt_create(). During the cleanup, we need to check if the "mtk_crtc->cmdq_client.chan" is NULL first before calling cmdq_pkt_destroy(). Calling cmdq_pkt_destroy() is unnecessary if we didn't call cmdq_pkt_create() and it will result in a NULL pointer dereference.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 5.17 before 6.11.7; 6.12-rc1, 6.12-rc2, 6.12-rc3, 6.12-rc4, 6.12-rc5 — fixed in 6.11.7
Linux: from 5.15.54 before 5.16 — fixed in 5.16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.11.7; Linux 5.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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