CVE-2024-49898 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-49898

drm/amd/display: Check null-initialized variables

Vulnerability Description

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.

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:
4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, 4.15, 0, 6.1.120, 6.6.64, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12

Timeline

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

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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