# CVE-2022-49232: drm/amd/display: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu\_dm\_connector\_add\_common\_modes()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu_dm_connector_add_common_modes() In amdgpu_dm_connector_add_common_modes(), amdgpu_dm_create_common_mode() is assigned to mode and is passed to drm_mode_probed_add() directly after that. drm_mode_probed_add() passes &mode->head to list_add_tail(), and there is a dereference of it in list_add_tail() without recoveries, which could lead to NULL pointer dereference on failure of amdgpu_dm_create_common_mode(). Fix this by adding a NULL check of mode. This bug was found by a static analyzer. Builds with 'make allyesconfig' show no new warnings, and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c729dec8c1e3e2892fde5ce8181553860914e74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57f4ad5e286fe4599c8fc63cf89f85f9eec7f9c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19a7eba284790cfbba2945deb2363cf03ce41648
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc7429708a0772d90c208975694f7c2133b1202
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4eaa999fec78dec2a9c2d797438e05cbffb125b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/639b3b9def0a6a3f316a195d705d14113236e89c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/588a70177df3b1777484267584ef38ab2ca899a2

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