CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2024-43899 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix null pointer deref in dcn20_resource.c Fixes a hang thats triggered when MPV is run on a DCN401 dGPU: mpv --hwdec=vaapi --vo=gpu --hwdec-codecs=all and then enabling fullscreen playback (double click on the video) The following calltrace will be seen: [ 181.843989] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ 181.843997] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode [ 181.844003] #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page [ 181.844009] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 181.844020] Oops: 0010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 181.844028] CPU: 6 PID: 1892 Comm: gnome-shell Tainted: G W OE 6.5.0-41-generic #41~22.04.2-Ubuntu [ 181.844038] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/CROSSHAIR VI HERO, BIOS 6302 10/23/2018 [ 181.844044] RIP: 0010:0x0 [ 181.844079] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6. [ 181.844084] RSP: 0018:ffffb593c2b8f7b0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 181.844093] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000004 [ 181.844099] RDX: ffffb593c2b8f804 RSI: ffffb593c2b8f7e0 RDI: ffff9e3c8e758400 [ 181.844105] RBP: ffffb593c2b8f7b8 R08: ffffb593c2b8f9c8…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2024-08-26
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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