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CVE-2024-49896: Linux kernel · drm/amd/display: Check stream before comparing them

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Oct 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A fix for this vulnerability has been implemented in the Linux kernel by adding a null check before dereferencing the stream pointer in the amdgpu_dm driver. Users should apply the official Linux kernel updates that include this fix. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation requires updating the affected Linux kernel version once the patch is released.

Description

CVE-2024-49896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU display driver (amdgpu_dm). It involves a null pointer dereference issue where a null stream can be passed to the function dc_is_stream_unchanged without proper null checking, potentially causing a denial of service. The flaw was identified and fixed by adding a check for null streams before comparison.

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