Vulnerability CVE-2024-42308
Published: 2024-08-17

Description:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Check for NULL pointer

[why & how]
Need to make sure plane_state is initialized
before accessing its members.

(cherry picked from commit 295d91cbc700651782a60572f83c24861607b648)

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f068494430d15b5fc551ac928de9dac7e5e27602
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ccd37085976ea5d3c499b1e6d0b3f4deaf2cd5a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/185616085b12e651cdfd11ef00d1449f54552d89
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab68e168ae1695f7c04fae98930740aaf7c50fa
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