# CVE-2024-49907: drm/amd/display: Check null pointers before using dc-\>clk\_mgr

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21 · 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: Check null pointers before using dc->clk_mgr [WHY & HOW] dc->clk_mgr is null checked previously in the same function, indicating it might be null. Passing "dc" to "dc->hwss.apply_idle_power_optimizations", which dereferences null "dc->clk_mgr". (The function pointer resolves to "dcn35_apply_idle_power_optimizations".) This fixes 1 FORWARD_NULL issue reported by Coverity.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d54001f8dccd56146973f23f3ab2ba037a21251
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a545a9403e04c6e17fdc04a26a61d9feebbba106
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2773e0a4b79e7a6463abdffaf8cc4f24428ba18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9641bc4adf8446034e490ed543ae7e9833cfbdf5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f7e533c10db3d0158709a99e2129ff63add6bcd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ba3fbf75b243b2863a8be9e7c393e003d3b88f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95d9e0803e51d5a24276b7643b244c7477daf463

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