Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check null pointers before multiple uses [WHAT & HOW] Poniters, such as stream_enc and dc->bw_vbios, are null checked previously in the same function, so Coverity warns "implies that stream_enc and dc->bw_vbios might be null". They are used multiple times in the subsequent code and need to be checked. This fixes 10 FORWARD_NULL issues reported by Coverity.

INFO

Published Date :

2024-10-21T18:01:46.437Z

Last Modified :

2025-07-11T17:21:19.261Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-49920 vulnerability.

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Linux
  • Linux Kernel
REFERENCES

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26787fb6c2b2ee0d1a7e1574b36f4711ae40fe27 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd5ecbbff751c3b9061d8ebb08e5c96119915b4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102124-CVE-2024-49920-038d@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49920 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49920 cve-icon
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