CVE-2024-49893
kernel: drm/amd/display: Check stream_status before it is used
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · October 21, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Check stream_status before it is used
[WHAT & HOW] dc_state_get_stream_status can return null, and therefore null must be checked before stream_status is used.
This fixes 1 NULL_RETURNS issue reported by Coverity.
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