CVE-2024-49907 drm/amd/display: Check null pointers before using dc->clk_mgr

What is CVE-2024-49907?

CVE-2024-49907 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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: Check null pointers before using dc->clk_mgr

[WHY & HOW] dc->clk_mgr is null checked previously in the same function, indicating it might be null.

Passing "dc" to "dc->hwss.apply_idle_power_optimizations", which dereferences null "dc->clk_mgr". (The function pointer resolves to "dcn35_apply_idle_power_optimizations".)

This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49907?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49907?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-49907 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49907 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-51046, AZL-51083, BELL-CVE-2024-49907, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49907, GHSA-4f6f-gr2g-x76p, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49907.