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CVE-2024-50156: Linux kernel · drm/msm: Avoid NULL dereference in msm_disp_state_print_regs()

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 23:15 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 7 Nov 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 patch has been released to fix this issue by properly handling NULL pointers in msm_disp_state_print_regs(). Users should apply the official Linux kernel updates that include this fix. Since this is a kernel-level issue, updating to a fixed kernel version is the recommended remediation.

Description

CVE-2024-50156 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's drm/msm driver. It involves a NULL pointer dereference in the msm_disp_state_print_regs() function when an allocation failure occurs in msm_disp_state_dump_regs(). This can lead to a kernel crash (denial of service). The issue is addressed by modifying the function to detect NULL pointers and print a message instead of dereferencing them.

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