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...

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...