CVE-2024-56777
Moderate
drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers in sti_gdp_atomic_check
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers in sti_gdp_atomic_check The return value of drm_atomic_get_crtc_state() needs to be checked. To avoid use of error pointer 'crtc_state' in case of the failure.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
January 8, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-56777
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers in sti_gdp_atomic_check The return value of drm_atomic_get_crtc_state() needs to be checked. To avoid use of error pointer 'crtc_state' in case of the failure.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf2e7c448e246f7e700c7aa47450d1e27579559
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/997b64c3f4c1827c5cfda8ae7f5d13f78d28b541
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b79612ed6bc1a184c45427105c851b5b2d4342ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e965e771b069421c233d674c3c8cd8c7f7245f42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5804567cf9605d6e5ec46c0bb786f7d50f18c13
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56777.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56777