CVE-2024-46812 drm/amd/display: Skip inactive planes within ModeSupportAndSystemConfiguration
A null pointer dereference in the AMD display driver can cause a system crash when processing inactive planes during mode configuration.
- 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-2024-46812?
CVE-2024-46812 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 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: Skip inactive planes within ModeSupportAndSystemConfiguration
[Why] Coverity reports Memory - illegal accesses.
[How] Skip inactive planes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46812?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-46812?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-46812 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46812 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-46812, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46812, GHSA-5cgp-4j3x-f85m, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46812.