CVE-2024-49972: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-49972 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 22 · Related 24Timeline
- 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: Deallocate DML memory if allocation fails [Why] When DC state create DML memory allocation fails, memory is not deallocated subsequently, resulting in uninitialized structure that is not NULL. [How] Deallocate memory if DML memory allocation fails.
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
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.21% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu104 products
- linux< 6.8.0-56.58
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1025.27
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 7966f319c66d9468623c6a6a017ecbc0dd79be75, < 80345daa5746184195f2d383a2f1bad058f0f94c | ≥ 7966f319c66d9468623c6a6a017ecbc0dd79be75, < 892abca6877a96c9123bb1c010cafccdf8ca1b75 | 6.7
- linux_kernel< 6.11.3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.11.4-1
3 vendors · 107 products
