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drm/amd/display: Check BIOS images before it is used

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check BIOS images before it is used BIOS images may fail to load and null checks are added before they are used. This fixes 6 NULL_RETURNS issues reported by Coverity.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.10.9, 6.6.50
CVEs
CVE-2024-46809
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 04:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm/amd/display: Check BIOS images before it is used

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Sept 2024, 12:35 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check BIOS images before it is used BIOS images may fail to load and null checks are added before they are used. This fixes 6 NULL_RETURNS issues reported by Coverity.

osv:CVE-2024-46809

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.50, 6.10.9

Complete source record
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