CVE-2024-49914: drm/amd/display: Add null check for pipe_ctx->plane_state in dcn20_program_pipe
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-49914 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 15.6% 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 25 · Related 27Timeline
- 21-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 30-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Add null check for pipe_ctx->plane_state in dcn20_program_pipe This commit addresses a null pointer dereference issue in the `dcn20_program_pipe` function. The issue could occur when `pipe_ctx->plane_state` is null. The fix adds a check to ensure `pipe_ctx->plane_state` is not null before accessing. This prevents a null pointer dereference. Reported by smatch: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/hwss/dcn20/dcn20_hwseq.c:1925 dcn20_program_pipe() error: we previously assumed 'pipe_ctx->plane_state' could be null (see line 1877)
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- 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
16%
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.
Ubuntu134 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-56.58
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1025.27
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 21c613e1c6ae45bb29ebc156d22060f034cc5665 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 68f75e6f08aad66069a629db8d7840919156c761 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 65a6fee22d5cfa645cb05489892dc9cd3d142fc2 | ≥ 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c, < 8e4ed3cf1642df0c4456443d865cff61a9598aa8 | 4.15
- linux_kernel< 6.11.3
Debian1 product
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.11.4-1
3 vendors · 137 products
