ghsa-x3rh-vhj8-7wq6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-10-21 18:30
Modified
2025-11-03 21:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Check null-initialized variables

[WHAT & HOW] drr_timing and subvp_pipe are initialized to null and they are not always assigned new values. It is necessary to check for null before dereferencing.

This fixes 2 FORWARD_NULL issues reported by Coverity.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-49898"
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amd/display: Check null-initialized variables\n\n[WHAT \u0026 HOW]\ndrr_timing and subvp_pipe are initialized to null and they are not\nalways assigned new values. It is necessary to check for null before\ndereferencing.\n\nThis fixes 2 FORWARD_NULL issues reported by Coverity.",
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  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:31:22Z",
  "published": "2024-10-21T18:30:57Z",
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