CVE-2024-56777
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Jan 8, 2025
Updated: Jan 9, 2025
CWE ID 754
Summary
CVE-2024-56777 is a vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel. It involves an issue in the drm/sti driver, specifically in the function sti_gdp_atomic_check. This vulnerability can result in a potential dereference of error pointers, which if exploited, could lead to unexpected system behavior or crashes. The root cause is the failure to properly check the return value of drm_atomic_get_crtc_state() before using the 'crtc_state' pointer. This vulnerability has been addressed in the latest Linux kernel updates.
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