Local system crash via streamless DSC recomputation
Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel AMD display code allows local users to crash the system during MST and DSC display reconfiguration. compute_mst_dsc_configs_for_link recomputes DSC parameters without first confirming that the link has a stream, then passes a null stream into time-slot lookup. Triggering requires local low-privileged access and an AMD display setup using MST with DSC; the bounded impact is a kernel oops or system crash.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel AMD display code allows local users to crash the system during MST and DSC display reconfiguration. compute_mst_dsc_configs_for_link recomputes DSC parameters without first confirming that the link has a stream, then passes a null stream into time-slot lookup. Triggering requires local low-privileged access and an AMD display setup using MST with DSC; the bounded impact is a kernel oops or system crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-47683
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 21, 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 <282f0a482ee61d5e863512f3c4fcec90216c20d9
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <50e376f1fe3bf571d0645ddf48ad37eb58323919
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <70275bb960c71d313254473d38c14e7101cee5ad
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <718d83f66fb07b2cab89a1fc984613a00e3db18f
- Affected versionversion=4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <7c887efda1201110211fed8921a92a713e0b6bcd
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