5.5

CVE-2024-49896: drm/amd/display: Check stream before comparing them

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49896DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49896
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49896 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.3% 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
0.26%
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 50 · Related 48
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1MGASA-2024-0344MGASA-2024-0345OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check stream before comparing them [WHAT & HOW] amdgpu_dm can pass a null stream to dc_is_stream_unchanged. It is necessary to check for null before dereferencing them. This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.26% 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.

Ubuntu135 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 3944d226f55235a960d8f1135927f95e9801be12 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 471c53350ab83e47a2a117c2738ce0363785976e | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 0167d570f6a0b38689c4a0e50bf79c518d827500 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 14db8692afe1aa2143b673856bb603713d8ea93f | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < e8da54b7f8a17e44e67ea6d1037f35450af28115 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 42d31a33643813cce55ee1ebbad3a2d0d24a08e0 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 5b4b13e678b15975055f4ff1ce4cf0ce4c19b6c4 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < e41a291e1bef1153bba091b6580ecc7affc53c82 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 35ff747c86767937ee1e0ca987545b7eed7a0810 | 4.15
  • linux_kernel< 5.10.227 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.55 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.14 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 138 products

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