CVE-2024-43906 drm/admgpu: fix dereferencing null pointer context
A null pointer dereference in the AMD GPU driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash by providing an invalid TA type.
- 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-2024-43906?
CVE-2024-43906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Aug 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/admgpu: fix dereferencing null pointer context
When user space sets an invalid ta type, the pointer context will be empty. So it need to check the pointer context before using it
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43906?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-43906?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-43906 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43906 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-48279, BELL-CVE-2024-43906, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43906, GHSA-h43p-x2c2-9h92, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43906.