# CVE-2024-26667: drm/msm/dpu: check for valid hw_pp in dpu_encoder_helper_phys_cleanup

> A missing null check in the Linux kernel's DPU encoder cleanup function can lead to a null pointer dereference and system crash.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26667, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26667, GHSA-wggj-8rcc-246r, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26667

## What is CVE-2024-26667?

CVE-2024-26667 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Apr 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/msm/dpu: check for valid hw_pp in dpu_encoder_helper_phys_cleanup

The commit 8b45a26f2ba9 ("drm/msm/dpu: reserve cdm blocks for writeback
in case of YUV output") introduced a smatch warning about another
conditional block in dpu_encoder_helper_phys_cleanup() which had assumed
hw_pp will always be valid which may not necessarily be true.

Lets fix the other conditional block by making sure hw_pp is valid
before dereferencing it.

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/574878/

Weakness: CWE-459 (Incomplete Cleanup)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26667?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26667?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26667 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26667 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26667 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26667 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26667 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26667/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26667/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26667
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26667
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26667

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