5.5

CVE-2024-46720: drm/amdgpu: fix dereference after null check

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-46720DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46720
Published 18-09-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46720 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 15
DLA-4008-1DSA-5782-1SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1SUSE-SU-2024:3553-1SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: fix dereference after null check check the pointer hive before use.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu130 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21, < 1b73ea3d97cc23f9b16d10021782b48397d2b517 | ≥ d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21, < 0aad97bf6d0bc7a34a19f266b0b9fb2861efe64c | ≥ d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21, < 00b9594d6310eb33e14d3f07b54866499efe0d50 | ≥ d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21, < b1f7810b05d1950350ac2e06992982974343e441 | 4.2
  • linux_kernel< 6.1.109 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.50 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.9
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.112-1 | < 6.10.9-1

3 vendors · 133 products

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