# CVE-2024-50173: drm/panthor: Fix access to uninitialized variable in tick\_ctx\_cleanup()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-08 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panthor: Fix access to uninitialized variable in tick_ctx_cleanup() The group variable can't be used to retrieve ptdev in our second loop, because it points to the previously iterated list_head, not a valid group. Get the ptdev object from the scheduler instead.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac2ca5e5148a0d4d78ac01c2d8348d0757c7367f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bde05794497d5f426d4ea2ecb9868bf7721fb24
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/282864cc5d3f144af0cdea1868ee2dc2c5110f0d

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