CVE-2024-43909 drm/amdgpu/pm: Fix the null pointer dereference for smu7
A null pointer dereference in the AMD GPU power management driver can cause a system crash, requiring a kernel patch.
- 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-2024-43909?
CVE-2024-43909 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/amdgpu/pm: Fix the null pointer dereference for smu7
optimize the code to avoid pass a null pointer (hwmgr->backend) to function smu7_update_edc_leakage_table.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43909?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-43909?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-43909 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43909 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-48249, BELL-CVE-2024-43909, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43909, GHSA-whmw-7gjc-qj48, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-43909, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43909.