drm/amd/display: Fix null pointer deref in dcn20_resource.c
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix null pointer deref in dcn20_resource.c Fixes a hang thats triggered when MPV is run on a DCN401 dGPU: mpv --hwdec=vaapi --vo=gpu --hwdec-codecs=all and then enabling fullscreen playback (double click on the video) The following calltrace will be seen: [ 181.843989] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ 181.843997] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode [ 181.844003] #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page [ 181.844009] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 181.844020] Oops: 0010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 181.844028] CPU: 6 PID: 1892 Comm: gnome-shell Tainted: G W OE 6.5.0-41-generic #41~22.04.2-Ubuntu [ 181.844038] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/CROSSHAIR VI HERO, BIOS 6302 10/23/2018 [ 181.844044] RIP: 0010:0x0 [ 181.844079] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffffffffffd6. [ 181.844084] RSP: 0018:ffffb593c2b8f7b0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 181.844093] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000004 [ 181.844099] RDX: ffffb593c2b8f804 RSI: ffffb593c2b8f7e0 RDI: ffff9e3c8e758400 [ 181.844105] RBP: ffffb593c2b8f7b8 R08: ffffb593c2b8f9c8 R09: ffffb593c2b8f96c [ 181.844110] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffb593c2b8f9c8 [ 181.844115] R13: 0000000000000001 R14: ffff9e3c88000000 R15: 0000000000000005 [ 181.844121] FS: 00007c6e323bb5c0(0000) GS:ffff9e3f85f80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 181.844128] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 181.844134] CR2: ffffffffffffffd6 CR3: 0000000140fbe000 CR4: 00000000003506e0 [ 181.844141] Call Trace: [ 181.844146] <TASK> [ 181.844153] ? show_regs+0x6d/0x80 [ 181.844167] ? __die+0x24/0x80 [ 181.844179] ? page_fault_oops+0x99/0x1b0 [ 181.844192] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x31d/0x6b0 [ 181.844204] ? exc_page_fault+0x83/0x1b0 [ 181.844216] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 [ 181.844237] dcn20_get_dcc_compression_cap+0x23/0x30 [amdgpu] [ 181.845115] amdgpu_dm_plane_validate_dcc.constprop.0+0xe5/0x180 [amdgpu] [ 181.845985] amdgpu_dm_plane_fill_plane_buffer_attributes+0x300/0x580 [amdgpu] [ 181.846848] fill_dc_plane_info_and_addr+0x258/0x350 [amdgpu] [ 181.847734] fill_dc_plane_attributes+0x162/0x350 [amdgpu] [ 181.848748] dm_update_plane_state.constprop.0+0x4e3/0x6b0 [amdgpu] [ 181.849791] ? dm_update_plane_state.constprop.0+0x4e3/0x6b0 [amdgpu] [ 181.850840] amdgpu_dm_atomic_check+0xdfe/0x1760 [amdgpu]
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.120, 6.10.5, 6.11
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-43899
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-76rf-j9m6-mjgj
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@dc4428bf483cb8335bb3377534d19b1b7e62ec5c · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Patch 2
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Sources
- CVE-2024-43899 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-43899 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-76rf-j9m6-mjgj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-43899 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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