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Ubuntu: USN-7170-1 (CVE-2024-49923): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-7170-1 (CVE-2024-49923): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/21/2024
Created
12/19/2024
Added
12/18/2024
Modified
12/18/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-11-0-1010-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-24-04b

References

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