CVE-2021-47445 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-47445

drm/msm: Fix null pointer dereference on pointer edp

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Fix null pointer dereference on pointer edp The initialization of pointer dev dereferences pointer edp before edp is null checked, so there is a potential null pointer deference issue. Fix this by only dereferencing edp after edp has been null checked. Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
ab5b0107ccf3821a6837b0f2819270d6fa0b278f, 4.0, 0, 4.4.290, 4.9.288, 4.14.252, 4.19.213, 5.4.155, 5.10.75, 5.14.14, 5.15

Timeline

Official Publish: May 22nd, 2024
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.