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Linux Linux — drm/amd/display: fix null-pointer dereference on edid reading
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0022 12.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 0e859faf8670a78ce206977dcf1a31a0231e9ca5 – —
Linux 6.7 – 6.7.7
TIMELINE
Feb 19 Reserved by Linux
Apr 3 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-26728 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: fix null-pointer dereference on edid reading
Use i2c adapter when there isn't aux_mode in dc_link to fix a
null-pointer derefence that happens when running
igt@kms_force_connector_basic in a system with DCN2.1 and HDMI connector
detected as below:
[ +0.178146] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000004c0
[ +0.000010] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ +0.000005] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ +0.000004] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ +0.000006] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ +0.000006] CPU: 15 PID: 2368 Comm: kms_force_conne Not tainted 6.5.0-asdn+ #152
[ +0.000005] Hardware name: HP HP ENVY x360 Convertible 13-ay1xxx/8929, BIOS F.01 07/14/2021
[ +0.000004] RIP: 0010:i2c_transfer+0xd/0x100
[ +0.000011] Code: ea fc ff ff 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 54 55 53 <48> 8b 47 10 48 89 fb 48 83 38 00 0f 84 b3 00 00 00 83 3d 2f 80 16
[ +0.000004] RSP: 0018:ffff9c4f89c0fad0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ +0.000005] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000005 RCX: 0000000000000080
[ +0.000003] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffff9c4f89c0fb20 RDI: 00000000000004b0
[ +0.000003] RBP: ffff9c4f89c0fb80 R08: 0000000000000080 R09: ffff8d8e0b15b980
[ +0.000003] R10: 00000000000380e0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000080
[ +0.000002] R13: 0000000000000002 R14: ffff9c4f89c0fb0e R15: ffff9c4f89c0fb0f
[ +0.000004] FS: 00007f9ad2176c40(0000) GS:ffff8d90fe9c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ +0.000003] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ +0.000004] CR2: 00000000000004c0 CR3: 0000000121bc4000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0
[ +0.000003] PKRU: 55555554
[ +0.000003] Call Trace:
[ +0.000006] <TASK>
[ +0.000006] ? __die+0x23/0x70
[ +0.000011] ? page_fault_oops+0x17d/0x4c0
[ +0.000008] ? preempt_count_add+0x6e/0xa0
[ +0.000008] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
[ +0.000011] ? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180
[ +0.000009] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
[ +0.000013] ? i2c_transfer+0xd/0x100
[ +0.000010] drm_do_probe_ddc_edid+0xc2/0x140 [drm]
[ +0.000067] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
[ +0.000006] ? _drm_do_get_edid+0x97/0x3c0 [drm]
[ +0.000043] ? __pfx_drm_do_probe_ddc_edid+0x10/0x10 [drm]
[ +0.000042] edid_block_read+0x3b/0xd0 [drm]
[ +0.000043] _drm_do_get_edid+0xb6/0x3c0 [drm]
[ +0.000041] ? __pfx_drm_do_probe_ddc_edid+0x10/0x10 [drm]
[ +0.000043] drm_edid_read_custom+0x37/0xd0 [drm]
[ +0.000044] amdgpu_dm_connector_mode_valid+0x129/0x1d0 [amdgpu]
[ +0.000153] drm_connector_mode_valid+0x3b/0x60 [drm_kms_helper]
[ +0.000000] __drm_helper_update_and_validate+0xfe/0x3c0 [drm_kms_helper]
[ +0.000000] ? amdgpu_dm_connector_get_modes+0xb6/0x520 [amdgpu]
[ +0.000000] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
[ +0.000000] drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes+0x2ab/0x540 [drm_kms_helper]
[ +0.000000] status_store+0xb2/0x1f0 [drm]
[ +0.000000] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x136/0x1d0
[ +0.000000] vfs_write+0x24d/0x440
[ +0.000000] ksys_write+0x6f/0xf0
[ +0.000000] do_syscall_64+0x60/0xc0
[ +0.000000] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
[ +0.000000] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x2b/0x40
[ +0.000000] ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
[ +0.000000] ? do_syscall_64+0x6c/0xc0
[ +0.000000] ? do_syscall_64+0x6c/0xc0
[ +0.000000] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
[ +0.000000] RIP: 0033:0x7f9ad46b4b00
[ +0.000000] Code: 40 00 48 8b 15 19 b3 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 80 3d e1 3a 0e 00 00 74 17 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 58 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89
[ +0.000000] RSP: 002b:00007ffcbd3bd6d8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
[ +0.000000] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f9ad46b4b00
[ +0.000000] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00007f9ad48a7417 RDI: 0000000000000009
[ +0.000000] RBP: 0000000000000002 R08
---truncated---
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 19, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| April 3, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-26728 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 0e859faf8670a78ce206977dcf1a31a0231e9ca5 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.7 | 6.7.7 |
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