Bug 2309786 (CVE-2024-44955) - CVE-2024-44955 kernel: drm/amd/display: Don't refer to dc_sink in is_dsc_need_re_compute
Summary: CVE-2024-44955 kernel: drm/amd/display: Don't refer to dc_sink in is_dsc_need...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-44955
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2309876
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Reported: 2024-09-04 19:20 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2024-10-09 06:15 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-09-04 19:20:46 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Don't refer to dc_sink in is_dsc_need_re_compute

[Why]
When unplug one of monitors connected after mst hub, encounter null pointer dereference.

It's due to dc_sink get released immediately in early_unregister() or detect_ctx(). When
commit new state which directly referring to info stored in dc_sink will cause null pointer
dereference.

[how]
Remove redundant checking condition. Relevant condition should already be covered by checking
if dsc_aux is null or not. Also reset dsc_aux to NULL when the connector is disconnected.


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