Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU96530

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-43902

Published: August 26, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU96530

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43902

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Legacy Module
Public Cloud Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_228-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt
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kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default
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linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package)
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linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
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linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1038-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1055-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
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linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
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linux-image-5.15.0-1069-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1070-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1071-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1075-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1078-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-cvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1018-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the dm_suspend(), create_eml_sink() and amdgpu_dm_connector_get_modes() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

How to mitigate CVE-2024-43902

Install update from vendor's website.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-43902

Detailed vulnerability description

How to mitigate CVE-2024-43902

Sources

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