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GHSA-924C-RX43-2MJR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-27 15:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:31

Details

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

drm/amd/display: Stop amdgpu_dm initialize when link nums greater than max_links

[Why] Coverity report OVERRUN warning. There are only max_links elements within dc->links. link count could up to AMDGPU_DM_MAX_DISPLAY_INDEX 31.

[How] Make sure link count less than max_links.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-46816 (GCVE-0-2024-46816)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-27 12:35 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:38

Title

drm/amd/display: Stop amdgpu_dm initialize when link nums greater than max_links

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Stop amdgpu_dm initialize when link nums greater than max_links [Why] Coverity report OVERRUN warning. There are only max_links elements within dc->links. link count could up to AMDGPU_DM_MAX_DISPLAY_INDEX 31. [How] Make sure link count less than max_links.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-29 14:17 UTC

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 54/100 over 6618 records in the last 180 days details

References

8 references

URL	Tags
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3cd0d8362de47f61…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13080d052c995aee1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c84632096722fd312…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36c39a8dcce210649…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf8b16857db702ceb…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 4.15 Unaffected: 0 , < 4.15 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.237 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.181 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.135 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.88 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.10.9 , ≤ 6.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.11 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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