CVE-2024-46813

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check link_index before accessing dc->links[] [WHY & HOW] dc->links[] has max size of MAX_LINKS and NULL is return when trying to access with out-of-bound index. This fixes 3 OVERRUN and 1 RESOURCE_LEAK issues reported by Coverity.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/032c5407a608ac3b2a98bf4fbda27d12c20c5887	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8aa2864044b9d13e95fe224f32e808afbf79ecdf	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad4c2cf6c1af18f556e5c591fb313b2982ddf60
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac04759b4a002969cf0f1384f1b8bb2001cfa782	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

History

30 Oct 2026, 13:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad4c2cf6c1af18f556e5c591fb313b2982ddf60 -

Information

Published : 2024-09-27 13:15

Updated : 2026-10-30 13:17

NVD link : CVE-2024-46813

Mitre link : CVE-2024-46813

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-46813

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-129

Improper Validation of Array Index

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