CVE-2024-36897 drm/amd/display: Atom Integrated System Info v2_2 for DCN35
A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's AMD display driver can cause a system crash when handling specific BIOS versions.
- 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-2024-36897?
CVE-2024-36897 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 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: Atom Integrated System Info v2_2 for DCN35
New request from KMD/VBIOS in order to support new UMA carveout model. This fixes a null dereference from accessing Ctx->dc_bios->integrated_info while it was NULL.
DAL parses through the BIOS and extracts the necessary integrated_info but was missing a case for the new BIOS version 2.3.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36897?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36897?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-36897 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36897 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-42453, AZL-42481, BELL-CVE-2024-36897, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36897, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-36897, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36897.