Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 26, 2024· Updated May 21, 2025
drm/amd/display: Fix late derefrence 'dsc' check in 'link_set_dsc_pps_packet()'
CVE-2024-26647
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Fix late derefrence 'dsc' check in 'link_set_dsc_pps_packet()'
In link_set_dsc_pps_packet(), 'struct display_stream_compressor *dsc' was dereferenced in a DC_LOGGER_INIT(dsc->ctx->logger); before the 'dsc' NULL pointer check.
Fixes the below: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/link/link_dpms.c:905 link_set_dsc_pps_packet() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'dsc' (see line 903)
Affected products
5- osv-coords4 versionspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws@6.5.0-1021.21?arch=source&distro=manticpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-laptop@6.5.0-1017.20?arch=source&distro=manticpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-oracle@6.5.0-1024.24?arch=source&distro=mantic
< 6.5.0-1021.21+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.5.0-1021.21
- (no CPE)range: < 6.5.0-1017.20
- (no CPE)range: < 6.5.0-1022.23
- (no CPE)range: < 6.5.0-1024.24
- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.3
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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