CVE-2024-43894

drm/client: fix null pointer dereference in drm_client_modeset_probe

published August 26, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/client: fix null pointer dereference in drm_client_modeset_probe

In drm_client_modeset_probe(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is

assigned to modeset->mode, which will lead to a possible NULL pointer

dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Add a check to avoid npd.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00230 · 13.0th percentile
Published
2024-08-26T10:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 AUG 10:10Z
    drm/client: fix null pointer dereference in drm_client_modeset_probe
    cvelistv5