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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-50049 json

drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before dereferencing se

published 2024-10-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44759

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before dereferencing se

[WHAT & HOW] se is null checked previously in the same function, indicating it might be null; therefore, it must be checked when used again.

This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.57, 6.11.4, 6.12
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.115-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.11.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50049

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-127.137
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-56.58
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1073.79
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1025.27
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1072.80
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1026.28
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1070.76
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1021.25

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50049

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-24.1
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-24.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-24.1
  • kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-24.1.21.4
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.2
  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-22.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-22.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1

  • kernel-source-longterm openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.12.11-1.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.11.8-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1

  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.57.1-1
  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.173.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-50845AZL-50872

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-50049 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before dereferencing se

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-226-07 updated

Siemens Third-Party Components in SINEC OS

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family
    not affected

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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