CVE-2024-53051

Summary

CVE-2024-53051 is a kernel vulnerability affecting Linux systems with the Intel i915 graphics driver. The issue lies in the drm/i915/hdcp module where a null pointer dereference can occur during certain hotplug or suspend/resume scenarios. Before these events, the encoder may not be initialized properly, leading to this vulnerability. The recent Linux kernel update includes a fix that adds a check to prevent this kernel null pointer dereference.

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