Bug 2426019 (CVE-2022-50878)

Summary: CVE-2022-50878 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of service in lontium-lt9611 GPU driver due to NULL pointer dereference
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's lontium-lt9611 GPU driver. A local user with low privileges could trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the `lt9611_connector_init()` function. This vulnerability can lead to a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-30 13:02:32 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpu: lontium-lt9611: Fix NULL pointer dereference in lt9611_connector_init()

A NULL check for bridge->encoder shows that it may be NULL, but it
already been dereferenced on all paths leading to the check.
812	if (!bridge->encoder) {

Dereference the pointer bridge->encoder.
810	drm_connector_attach_encoder(&lt9611->connector, bridge->encoder);