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drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before dereferencing se

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before dereferencing se [WHAT & HOW] se is null checked previously in the same function, indicating it might be null; therefore, it must be checked when used again. This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.11.4, 6.6.57
CVEs
CVE-2024-50049
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 16:15 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before dereferencing se

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2024, 19:39 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before dereferencing se [WHAT & HOW] se is null checked previously in the same function, indicating it might be null; therefore, it must be checked when used again. This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

osv:CVE-2024-50049

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.57, 6.11.4

Complete source record
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