CVE-2024-53078: drm/tegra: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR() check in probe()

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 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tegra: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR() check in probe() The iommu_paging_domain_alloc() function doesn't return NULL pointers, it returns error pointers. Update the check to match.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.11 before 6.11.7; 6.12-rc1, 6.12-rc2, 6.12-rc3, 6.12-rc4, 6.12-rc5 — fixed in 6.11.7

How to fix

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

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d6c005855b97b8caf6039c1774745ee74c91fa6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85df8c7b5ee2d3d4823befada42c5c41aff4cb0

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