CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-47108
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-03-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mediatek: hdmi: Perform NULL pointer check for mtk_hdmi_conf
In commit 41ca9caaae0b
("drm/mediatek: hdmi: Add check for CEA modes only") a check
for CEA modes was added to function mtk_hdmi_bridge_mode_valid()
in order to address possible issues on MT8167;
moreover, with commit c91026a938c2
("drm/mediatek: hdmi: Add optional limit on maximal HDMI mode clock")
another similar check was introduced.
Unfortunately though, at the time of writing, MT8173 does not provide
any mtk_hdmi_conf structure and this is crashing the kernel with NULL
pointer upon entering mtk_hdmi_bridge_mode_valid(), which happens as
soon as a HDMI cable gets plugged in.
To fix this regression, add a NULL pointer check for hdmi->conf in the
said function, restoring HDMI functionality and avoiding NULL pointer
kernel panics.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.14 < 5.15.12)
• linux linux kernel 5.16
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b8e19a0aa3933a785be9f1541afd8d398c4ec69 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d07ebc5000b9c1d140e99e7493b0bafa954776 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b8e19a0aa3933a785be9f1541afd8d398c4ec69 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d07ebc5000b9c1d140e99e7493b0bafa954776 Patch