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CVE-2024-49990 (GCVE-0-2024-49990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-21 18:02 – Updated: 2026-05-11 20:43
VLAI
Title
drm/xe/hdcp: Check GSC structure validity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/hdcp: Check GSC structure validity Sometimes xe_gsc is not initialized when checked at HDCP capability check. Add gsc structure check to avoid null pointer error.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-22 13:31 UTC
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 , < c940627857eedca8407b84b40ceb4252b100d291 (git)
Affected: dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 , < 7266a424b1e502745170322e3c27f697d12de627 (git)
Affected: dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 , < b4224f6bae3801d589f815672ec62800a1501b0d (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.8
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.8 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.10.14 , ≤ 6.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.11.3 , ≤ 6.11.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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