CVE-2024-46694 drm/amd/display: avoid using null object of framebuffer

What is CVE-2024-46694?

CVE-2024-46694 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Sep 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: avoid using null object of framebuffer

Instead of using state->fb->obj[0] directly, get object from framebuffer by calling drm_gem_fb_get_obj() and return error code when object is null to avoid using null object of framebuffer.

(cherry picked from commit 73dd0ad9e5dad53766ea3e631303430116f834b3)

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46694?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-46694?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-46694 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46694 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-46694, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46694, GHSA-j57f-xm3w-v49f, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46694.