CVE-2024-50049 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 21
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before dereferencing se
[WHAT & HOW]
se is null checked previously in the same function, indicating
it might be null; therefore, it must be checked when used again.
This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue 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