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GHSA-PJX8-96CX-2PJW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-21 21:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31

Details

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.

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-2024-50049 (GCVE-0-2024-50049)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-21 19:39 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:24

Summary

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4149eec960110ffd…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c643ef59390e49f1d…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a79933fb08a002b…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65b2d49e55fe13ae5…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9b4fd1946678fa0e…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff599ef6970ee000f…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 93c2340bdc24b6067a7621e71d4aacac1f85b5f2 , < f4149eec960110ffd5bcb161075dd9f1d7773075 (git)
Affected: 93c2340bdc24b6067a7621e71d4aacac1f85b5f2 , < c643ef59390e49f1dfab35e8ea65f5db5e527d64 (git)
Affected: 93c2340bdc24b6067a7621e71d4aacac1f85b5f2 , < 97a79933fb08a002ba9400d1a7a5df707ecdb896 (git)
Affected: 93c2340bdc24b6067a7621e71d4aacac1f85b5f2 , < 65b2d49e55fe13ae56da3a7685bdccadca31134a (git)
Affected: 93c2340bdc24b6067a7621e71d4aacac1f85b5f2 , < a9b4fd1946678fa0e069e442f3c5a7d3fa446fac (git)
Affected: 93c2340bdc24b6067a7621e71d4aacac1f85b5f2 , < ff599ef6970ee000fa5bc38d02fa5ff5f3fc7575 (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.227 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.168 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.113 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.57 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.11.4 , ≤ 6.11.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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