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CVE-2024-42101

drm/nouveau: fix null pointer dereference in nouveau_connector_get_modes

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: fix null pointer dereference in nouveau_connector_get_modes In nouveau_connector_get_modes(), the return value of drm_mode_duplicate() is assigned to mode, which will lead to a possible NULL pointer dereference on failure of drm_mode_duplicate(). Add a check to avoid npd.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. · 1 day later

    Published

  3. · 22 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2024-42101, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Medium5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12 – < 9baf60323efa992b7c915094529f0a1882c34e7e
    • affected 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12 – < e36364f5f3785d054a94e57e971385284886d41a
    • affected 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12 – < 274cba8d2d1b48c72d8bd90e76c9e2dc1aa0a81d
    • affected 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12 – < f48dd3f19614022f2e1b794fbd169d2b4c398c07
    • affected 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12 – < 1f32535238493008587a8c5cb17eb2ca097592ef
    • affected 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12 – < 744b229f09134ccd091427a6f9ea6d97302cfdd9
    • affected 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12 – < 7db5411c5d0bd9c29b8c2ad93c36b5c16ea46c9e
    • affected 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12 – < 80bec6825b19d95ccdfd3393cf8ec15ff2a749b4
  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 2.6.33
    • unaffected < 2.6.33
    • unaffected 4.19.318 – ≤ 4.19.*
    • unaffected 5.4.280 – ≤ 5.4.*
    • unaffected 5.10.222 – ≤ 5.10.*
    • unaffected 5.15.163 – ≤ 5.15.*
    • unaffected 6.1.98 – ≤ 6.1.*
    • unaffected 6.6.39 – ≤ 6.6.*
    • unaffected 6.9.9 – ≤ 6.9.*
    • unaffected 6.10 – ≤ *

References

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Sources

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