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CVE-2024-56776
drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers The return value of drm_atomic_get_crtc_state() needs to be checked. To avoid use of error pointer 'crtc_state' in case of the failure.
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
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98ff67f5a68114804607de549c2350d27628fc7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40725c5fabee804fecce41d4d5c5bae80c45e1c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ab73ac97c0fa528f66eeccd9bb53eb6eb7d20dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f67786293193cf01ebcc6fdbcbd1587b24f52679
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831214f77037de02afc287eae93ce97f218d8c04
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
dd86dc2f9ae1102f46115be1f1422265c15540f1, 4.6, 0, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.64, 6.12.4, 6.13
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 8th, 2025
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
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.