---
id: CVE-2024-49906
title: 'drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before try to access it'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before try to access it

  [why & how]
  Change the order of the pipe_ctx->plane_state check to ensure that
  plane_state is not null befo…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <
    a38571ce60adb24c0db2448006d0ccc64da21adb
  - >-
    Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <
    ebef6616219ff04abdeb39450625f85419787ee3
  - >-
    Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <
    2002ccb93004e76a471b180560accb2c1f850f35
  - >-
    Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c <
    1b686053c06ffb9f4524b288110cf2a831ff7a25
  - Linux 4.15
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-10-22T13:42:14.797553Z'
published: '2024-10-21'
updated: '2026-10-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-30T12:19:33.987Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49906'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a38571ce60adb24c0db2448006d0ccc64da21adb'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebef6616219ff04abdeb39450625f85419787ee3'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2002ccb93004e76a471b180560accb2c1f850f35'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b686053c06ffb9f4524b288110cf2a831ff7a25'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00244
epssPercentile: 0.15685
ingestedAt: '2026-11-03T13:45:42.699Z'
---

## Overview

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

drm/amd/display: Check null pointer before try to access it

[why & how]
Change the order of the pipe_ctx->plane_state check to ensure that
plane_state is not null before accessing it.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c < a38571ce60adb24c0db2448006d0ccc64da21adb`
- `Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c < ebef6616219ff04abdeb39450625f85419787ee3`
- `Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c < 2002ccb93004e76a471b180560accb2c1f850f35`
- `Linux >= 4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c < 1b686053c06ffb9f4524b288110cf2a831ff7a25`
- `Linux 4.15`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.