Description

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

drm: vc4: Fix possible null pointer dereference

In vc4_hdmi_audio_init() of_get_address() may return
NULL which is later dereferenced. Fix this bug by adding NULL check.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-38546

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/2d9adecc88ab678785b581ab021f039372c324cb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cf1874aec42058a5ad621a23b5b2f248def0e96
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80431ea3634efb47a3004305d76486db9dd8ed49
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42c22b63056cea259d5313bf138a834840af85a5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a345fe928c21de6f3c3c7230ff509d715153a31
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd7827d46d403f8cdb43d16744cb1114e4726b21
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c534b63bede6cb987c2946ed4d0b0013a52c5ba7

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