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drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix possible null pointer dereference

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix possible null pointer dereference In cdns_mhdp_atomic_enable(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mhdp_state->current_mode, and there is a dereference of it in drm_mode_set_name(), which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Fix this bug add a check of mhdp_state->current_mode.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.219, 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3
CVEs
CVE-2024-38548
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 02:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix possible null pointer dereference

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jun 2024, 13:35 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: bridge: cdns-mhdp8546: Fix possible null pointer dereference In cdns_mhdp_atomic_enable(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mhdp_state->current_mode, and there is a dereference of it in drm_mode_set_name(), which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Fix this bug add a check of mhdp_state->current_mode.

osv:CVE-2024-38548

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.219, 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.8.12, 6.9.3

Complete source record
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