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CVE-2021-47445

kernel: drm/msm: Fix null pointer dereference on pointer edp

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 22, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

drm/msm: Fix null pointer dereference on pointer edp

The initialization of pointer dev dereferences pointer edp before edp is null checked, so there is a potential null pointer deference issue. Fix this by only dereferencing edp after edp has been null checked.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference