CVE-2024-49898 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 21
Latest updateApr 28
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Check null-initialized variables
[WHAT & HOW]
drr_timing and subvp_pipe are initialized to null and they are not
always assigned new values. It is necessary to check for null before
dereferencing.
This fixes 2 FORWARD_NULL issues reported by Coverity.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6