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CVE-2024-43901 — 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 dereference for DTN log in DCN401 When users run the command: cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_dm_dtn_log The following NULL pointer dereference happens: [ +0.000003] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: NULL [ +0.000005] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode [ +0.000002] #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page [ +0.000002] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ +0.000004] Oops: 0010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ +0.000003] RIP: 0010:0x0 [ +0.000008] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6. [...] [ +0.000002] PKRU: 55555554 [ +0.000002] Call Trace: [ +0.000002] <TASK> [ +0.000003] ? show_regs+0x65/0x70 [ +0.000006] ? __die+0x24/0x70 [ +0.000004] ? page_fault_oops+0x160/0x470 [ +0.000006] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2b5/0x690 [ +0.000003] ? prb_read_valid+0x1c/0x30 [ +0.000005] ? exc_page_fault+0x8c/0x1a0 [ +0.000005] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 [ +0.000012] dcn10_log_color_state+0xf9/0x510 [amdgpu] [ +0.000306] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 [ +0.000003] ? vsnprintf+0x2fb/0x600 [ +0.000009] dcn10_log_hw_state+0xfd0/0xfe0 [amdgpu] [ +0.000218] ? __mod_memcg_lruve…

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

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