Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-26662
CVE-2024-26662
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Fix 'panel_cntl' could be null in 'dcn21_set_backlight_level()'
'panel_cntl' structure used to control the display panel could be null, dereferencing it could lead to a null pointer access.
Fixes the below: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/hwss/dcn21/dcn21_hwseq.c:269 dcn21_set_backlight_level() error: we previously assumed 'panel_cntl' could be null (see line 250)
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