drm/amd/display: Pass non-null to dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Pass non-null to dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags [WHAT & HOW] "dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags" dereferences merge, and thus it cannot be a null pointer. Let's pass a valid pointer to avoid null dereference. This fixes 2 FORWARD_NULL issues reported by Coverity.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Pass non-null to dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags [WHAT & HOW] "dcn20_validate_apply_pipe_split_flags" dereferences merge, and thus it cannot be a null pointer. Let's pass a valid pointer to avoid null dereference. This fixes 2 FORWARD_NULL issues 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/39a580cd15397e102aaec25986ae5acf492f8930
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5559598742fb4538e4c51c48ef70563c49c2af23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85aa996ecfaa95d1e922867390502d23ce21b905
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a05270869f40c89f8d184fe2d37cb86e0d7e5f5
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/49xxx/CVE-2024-49923.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49923