Local system crash via unchecked stream callback
Published May 17, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel allows local users to crash the system by disabling an AMD display stream. The dce110_disable_stream function calls the stream encoder stop_dp_info_packets callback without verifying that the function pointer is non-NULL. The path requires an affected AMD display configuration, and triggering it interrupts the entire host.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel allows local users to crash the system by disabling an AMD display stream. The dce110_disable_stream function calls the stream encoder stop_dp_info_packets callback without verifying that the function pointer is non-NULL. The path requires an affected AMD display configuration, and triggering it interrupts the entire host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-35799
- Published
- May 17, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-400, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 17, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.15
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <2b17133a0a2e0e111803124dad09e803718d4a48
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <4356a2c3f296503c8b420ae8adece053960a9f06
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <59772327d439874095516673b4b30c48bd83ca38
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <72d72e8fddbcd6c98e1b02d32cf6f2b04e10bd1c
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