CVE-2024-49897: drm/amd/display: Check phantom_stream before it is used
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-49897 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 26 · Related 27Timeline
- 21-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check phantom_stream before it is used dcn32_enable_phantom_stream can return null, so returned value must be checked before used. This fixes 1 NULL_RETURNS issue reported by Coverity.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.24%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
15%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.24% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu95 products
- linux< 6.8.0-54.56
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 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, < db1d7e1794fed62ee16d6a72a85997bb069e2e27 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < d247af7c5dbf143ad6be8179bb1550e76d6af57e | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 1decf695ce08e23d9ded6ce83d121b2282ce9899 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 3ba1219e299ab5462b5cb374c2fa2a67af0ea190 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 3718a619a8c0a53152e76bb6769b6c414e1e83f4 | 4.15
- linux_kernel< 6.10.14 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.11.4-1
3 vendors · 98 products
