CVE-2023-52815: drm/amdgpu/vkms: fix a possible null pointer dereference

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amdgpu/vkms: fix a possible null pointer dereference

In amdgpu_vkms_conn_get_modes(), the return value of drm_cvt_mode()
is assigned to mode, which will lead to a NULL pointer dereference
on failure of drm_cvt_mode(). Add a check to avoid null pointer
dereference.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-52815

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaa03ea366c85ae3cb69c8d4bbc67c8bc2167a27
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33fb1a555354bd593f785935ddcb5d9dd4d3847f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6c85a073768df68c1a3fea143d013a38c66d34
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f831f21155c692bb336c434936fd6f24f3f81a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd90511557fdfb394bb4ac4c3b539b007383914c

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