Vulnerability of components related to DRM/i915/bios in Linux kernel, allowing a hacker to cause a service failure

The vulnerability of the DRM/i915/bios components of the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to errors in resource management in the intelbiosencodersupportsdpdualmode function. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a hacker to cause service failures...

drm/i915/bios: Tolerate devdata==NULL in intel_bios_encoder_supports_dp_dual_mode()

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kernel: drm/i915/bios: Tolerate devdata==NULL in intel_bios_encoder_supports_dp_dual_mode()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/bios: Tolerate devdata==NULL in intelbiosencodersupportsdpdualmode The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-26938 to this issue. Upstream advisory:...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26938

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/bios: Tolerate devdata==NULL in intelbiosencodersupportsdpdualmode If we have no VBT, or the VBT didn't declare the encoder in question, we won't have the 'devdata' for the encoder. Instead of oopsing just bail early. We...

CVE-2024-26938

CVE-2024-26938 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the drm/i915/bios path. The issue occurs when int​el_bios_encoder_supports_dp_dual_mode() encounters a NULL devdata for a DP encoder (e.g., if there is no VBT or the VBT does not declare the encoder). The kernel previously could oops or mis-handle...