Description

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

drm/amd/display: Deallocate DML memory if allocation fails

[Why]
When DC state create DML memory allocation fails, memory is not
deallocated subsequently, resulting in uninitialized structure
that is not NULL.

[How]
Deallocate memory if DML memory allocation fails.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-49972

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 7.33% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-02 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49972
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80345daa5746184195f2d383a2f1bad058f0f94c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/892abca6877a96c9123bb1c010cafccdf8ca1b75

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