CVE-2024-49896
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drm/amd/display: Check stream before comparing them
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check stream before comparing them [WHAT & HOW] amdgpu_dm can pass a null stream to dc_is_stream_unchanged. It is necessary to check for null before dereferencing them. This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
October 21, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-49896
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check stream before comparing them [WHAT & HOW] amdgpu_dm can pass a null stream to dc_is_stream_unchanged. It is necessary to check for null before dereferencing them. This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0167d570f6a0b38689c4a0e50bf79c518d827500
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14db8692afe1aa2143b673856bb603713d8ea93f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35ff747c86767937ee1e0ca987545b7eed7a0810
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3944d226f55235a960d8f1135927f95e9801be12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42d31a33643813cce55ee1ebbad3a2d0d24a08e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/471c53350ab83e47a2a117c2738ce0363785976e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4b13e678b15975055f4ff1ce4cf0ce4c19b6c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e41a291e1bef1153bba091b6580ecc7affc53c82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8da54b7f8a17e44e67ea6d1037f35450af28115
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/49xxx/CVE-2024-49896.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49896