CVE-2024-35799 drm/amd/display: Prevent crash when disable stream
A null pointer dereference in the AMD display driver causes a kernel crash when disabling a stream, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-35799?
CVE-2024-35799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 May 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/amd/display: Prevent crash when disable stream
[Why] Disabling stream encoder invokes a function that no longer exists.
[How] Check if the function declaration is NULL in disable stream encoder.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35799?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-35799?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-35799 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35799 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-67584, BELL-CVE-2024-35799, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35799, GHSA-gpgj-87v4-mj9r, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-35799, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-35799 and 2 more.