In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check BIOS images before it is used BIOS images may fail to load and null checks are added before they are used. This fixes 6 NULL_RETURNS issues reported by Coverity.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fcd903a5d9e897420d7d8b3ca55c6e5dbb47379 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b0ddf19cca2a352b2a7e01d99d3ba949a99c84c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5cb98554c4c6265b494d040c1c62f1db2fa28a6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e46b70a7cfed71cb84e985c785c39c16df5c28cb cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e50bec62acaeec03afc6fa5dfb2426e52d049cf5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eef7301e674438913134539e77dd887960949f20 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024092710-CVE-2024-46809-5b37@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46809 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46809 cve-icon
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00035}

 epss

{'score': 0.00037}

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:00:00 +0000

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References

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 01:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Check BIOS images before it is used BIOS images may fail to load and null checks are added before they are used. This fixes 6 NULL_RETURNS issues reported by Coverity.
Title drm/amd/display: Check BIOS images before it is used
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-09-27T12:35:53.127Z

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:39:17.794Z

Reserved: 2024-09-11T15:12:18.282Z

Link: CVE-2024-46809

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-29T14:19:33.777Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-27T13:15:13.973

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:16:21.650

Link: CVE-2024-46809

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-46809 - Bugzilla