CVE-2024-26649: drm/amdgpu: Fix the null pointer when load rlc firmware

Description

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

drm/amdgpu: Fix the null pointer when load rlc firmware

If the RLC firmware is invalid because of wrong header size,
the pointer to the rlc firmware is released in function
amdgpu_ucode_request. There will be a null pointer error
in subsequent use. So skip validation to fix it.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-26649

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/8b5bacce2d13dbe648f0bfd3f738ecce8db4978c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3887448486caeef9687fb5dfebd4ff91e0f25aa
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc03c02cc1991a066b23e69bbcc0f66e8f1f7453

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