CVE-2024-56711

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Dec 29, 2024

Updated: Jan 8, 2025

CWE ID 476

Summary

CVE-2024-56711 is a vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel. The issue lies in the drm/panel driver for the himax-hx83102 panel, where a NULL pointer dereference can occur due to insufficient memory during a call to drm_mode_duplicate(). To prevent this, a check has been added to the code. If this check fails, the function will return an error instead of a NULL pointer. This vulnerability could lead to kernel crashes or arbitrary code execution if exploited, making the patch an important one for Linux users.

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Linux Kernel

Affected Vendors

LINUX

Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations

https://app.recordedfuture.com/live/sc/entity/1_6jYE
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56711
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56711

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