In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers The return value of drm_atomic_get_crtc_state() needs to be checked. To avoid use of error pointer 'crtc_state' in case of the failure.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40725c5fabee804fecce41d4d5c5bae80c45e1c4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831214f77037de02afc287eae93ce97f218d8c04 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ab73ac97c0fa528f66eeccd9bb53eb6eb7d20dc cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98ff67f5a68114804607de549c2350d27628fc7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f67786293193cf01ebcc6fdbcbd1587b24f52679 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025010811-CVE-2024-56776-040d@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56776 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56776 cve-icon
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:45:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-754
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers The return value of drm_atomic_get_crtc_state() needs to be checked. To avoid use of error pointer 'crtc_state' in case of the failure.
Title drm/sti: avoid potential dereference of error pointers
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-01-08T17:49:14.622Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:54:11.160Z

Reserved: 2024-12-29T11:26:39.766Z

Link: CVE-2024-56776

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-01T15:50:55.980Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-01-08T18:15:18.447

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:18:30.477

Link: CVE-2024-56776

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-01-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-56776 - Bugzilla