Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-56778 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers in sti_hqvdp_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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31c857e7496d34e5a32a6f75bc024d0b06fd646a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b0d0d6e9d3c26697230bf7dc9e6b52bdb24086f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82a5312f874fb18f045d9658e9bd290e3b0621c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/837eb99ad3340c7a9febf454f41c8e3edb68ac1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1ab40a1fdfee732c7e6ff2fb8253760293e47e8