5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-56778
Linux Kernel - STI Display Driver Use After Free Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 8, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 9, 2025, 9:50 p.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-56778 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-56778 vulnerability over time.

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE NIST CWE-754
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.6 up to (excluding) 5.15.174 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 6.1.120 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.6.64 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.12.4
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31c857e7496d34e5a32a6f75bc024d0b06fd646a No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31c857e7496d34e5a32a6f75bc024d0b06fd646a Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b0d0d6e9d3c26697230bf7dc9e6b52bdb24086f No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b0d0d6e9d3c26697230bf7dc9e6b52bdb24086f Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82a5312f874fb18f045d9658e9bd290e3b0621c0 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82a5312f874fb18f045d9658e9bd290e3b0621c0 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/837eb99ad3340c7a9febf454f41c8e3edb68ac1e No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/837eb99ad3340c7a9febf454f41c8e3edb68ac1e Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1ab40a1fdfee732c7e6ff2fb8253760293e47e8 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1ab40a1fdfee732c7e6ff2fb8253760293e47e8 Patch
  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jan. 08, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31c857e7496d34e5a32a6f75bc024d0b06fd646a
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b0d0d6e9d3c26697230bf7dc9e6b52bdb24086f
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82a5312f874fb18f045d9658e9bd290e3b0621c0
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/837eb99ad3340c7a9febf454f41c8e3edb68ac1e
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1ab40a1fdfee732c7e6ff2fb8253760293e47e8
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