# CVE-2024-56697: drm/amdgpu: Fix the memory allocation issue in amdgpu\_discovery\_get\_nps\_info()

- 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: 2024-12-28 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Fix the memory allocation issue in amdgpu_discovery_get_nps_info() Fix two issues with memory allocation in amdgpu_discovery_get_nps_info() for mem_ranges: - Add a check for allocation failure to avoid dereferencing a null pointer. - As suggested by Christophe, use kvcalloc() for memory allocation, which checks for multiplication overflow. Additionally, assign the output parameters nps_type and range_cnt after the kvcalloc() call to prevent modifying the output parameters in case of an error return.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d14bea4e094871226ea69772d69dab8b7b5f4915
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8f1dbaa0437eba4e8c1d6a6d81eca2e2ce3d197
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1144da794adedb9447437c57d69add56494309d

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