CVE-2024-36014 drm/arm/malidp: fix a possible null pointer dereference

2024-05-2906:06:25

Linux

github.com

linux kernel vulnerability

drm

arm

malidp

memory allocation

null pointer dereference

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.2%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/arm/malidp: fix a possible null pointer dereference

In malidp_mw_connector_reset, new memory is allocated with kzalloc, but
no check is performed. In order to prevent null pointer dereferencing,
ensure that mw_state is checked before calling
__drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset.

CNA Affected

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