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HistoryJul 30, 2024 - 7:45 a.m.

CVE-2024-42101 drm/nouveau: fix null pointer dereference in nouveau_connector_get_modes

2024-07-3007:45:57
Linux
github.com
1
linux kernel
vulnerability
resolution
null pointer
dereference
drm
nouveau
check
cve-2024-42101

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial

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

drm/nouveau: fix null pointer dereference in nouveau_connector_get_modes

In nouveau_connector_get_modes(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate()
is assigned to mode, which will lead to a possible NULL pointer
dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Add a check to avoid npd.

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

no

Technical Impact

partial