{"cve":"CVE-2024-49920","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T18:15:14.180","modified":"2026-10-21T13:17:49.130","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amd/display: Check null pointers before multiple uses\n\n[WHAT & HOW]\nPoniters, such as stream_enc and dc->bw_vbios, are null checked previously\nin the same function, so Coverity warns \"implies that stream_enc and\ndc->bw_vbios might be null\". They are used multiple times in the\nsubsequent code and need to be checked.\n\nThis fixes 10 FORWARD_NULL issues reported by Coverity.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26787fb6c2b2ee0d1a7e1574b36f4711ae40fe27","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f51f6d23c5856f105110531f81d84e78e462005","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd5ecbbff751c3b9061d8ebb08e5c96119915b4"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49920","score":0.00298,"percentile":0.22238,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}