5.5

CVE-2024-49907: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49907DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49907
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49907 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 14.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 37 · Related 35
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 null pointers before using dc->clk_mgr [WHY & HOW] dc->clk_mgr is null checked previously in the same function, indicating it might be null. Passing "dc" to "dc->hwss.apply_idle_power_optimizations", which dereferences null "dc->clk_mgr". (The function pointer resolves to "dcn35_apply_idle_power_optimizations".) This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu135 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 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, < 8d54001f8dccd56146973f23f3ab2ba037a21251 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < a545a9403e04c6e17fdc04a26a61d9feebbba106 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < a2773e0a4b79e7a6463abdffaf8cc4f24428ba18 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 9641bc4adf8446034e490ed543ae7e9833cfbdf5 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 3f7e533c10db3d0158709a99e2129ff63add6bcd | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 5ba3fbf75b243b2863a8be9e7c393e003d3b88f3 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 95d9e0803e51d5a24276b7643b244c7477daf463 | 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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