CVE-2024-26649 drm/amdgpu: Fix the null pointer when load rlc firmware
A null pointer dereference in the AMD GPU driver can cause a system crash when loading invalid RLC firmware.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-26649?
CVE-2024-26649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: Fix the null pointer when load rlc firmware
If the RLC firmware is invalid because of wrong header size, the pointer to the rlc firmware is released in function amdgpu_ucode_request. There will be a null pointer error in subsequent use. So skip validation to fix it.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26649?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26649?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-26649 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26649 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-26649, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26649, GHSA-q6px-8pwj-ppvh, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26649.