CVE-2024-49920

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check null pointers before multiple uses [WHAT & HOW] Poniters, such as stream_enc and dc->bw_vbios, are null checked previously in the same function, so Coverity warns "implies that stream_enc and dc->bw_vbios might be null". They are used multiple times in the subsequent code and need to be checked. This fixes 10 FORWARD_NULL issues reported by Coverity.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd5ecbbff751c3b9061d8ebb08e5c96119915b4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26787fb6c2b2ee0d1a7e1574b36f4711ae40fe27

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-10-21

Updated: 2024-10-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium