Bug 2336551 (CVE-2024-56778)

Summary: CVE-2024-56778 kernel: drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers in sti_hqvdp_atomic_check
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-01-09 13:30:50 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers in sti_hqvdp_atomic_check

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-56778 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025010812-CVE-2024-56778-45a9@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-01-09 14:30:39 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025010812-CVE-2024-56778-45a9@gregkh/T