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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025

drm/msm: Fix null pointer dereference on pointer edp

CVE-2021-47445

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")

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