PT-2024-21439 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published

2024-02-07

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Updated

2026-05-26

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CVE-2024-26662

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to the drm/amd/display component, where the panel cntl structure used to control the display panel could be null. Dereferencing this null pointer could lead to a null pointer access. The problem is specifically found in the dcn21 set backlight level() function, located in the drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/hwss/dcn21/dcn21 hwseq.c file at line 269.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_12746
ALSA-2025_12752
ALSA-2025_12753
ALSA-2025_16880
AZL-59675
BDU:2025-15041
CVE-2024-26662
ECHO-7C8E-4955-A901
INFSA-2024_9315
RHSA-2024:9315
RHSA-2024_9315
USN-6895-1
USN-6895-2
USN-6895-3
USN-6895-4
USN-6900-1

Affected Products

Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Ubuntu