CVE-2021-47445
kernel: drm/msm: Fix null pointer dereference on pointer edp
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
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 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference