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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2024-39498

Disclosure Date: July 12, 2024
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/mst: Fix NULL pointer dereference at drm_dp_add_payload_part2

[Why]
Commit:

  • commit 5aa1dfcdf0a4 (“drm/mst: Refactor the flow for payload allocation/removement”)
    accidently overwrite the commit
  • commit 54d217406afe (“drm: use mgr->dev in drm_dbg_kms in drm_dp_add_payload_part2”)
    which cause regression.

[How]
Recover the original NULL fix and remove the unnecessary input parameter ‘state’ for
drm_dp_add_payload_part2().

(cherry picked from commit 4545614c1d8da603e57b60dd66224d81b6ffc305)

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel

Additional Info

Technical Analysis