CVE-2024-26662

Name	CVE-2024-26662
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix 'panel_cntl' could be null in 'dcn21_set_backlight_level()' 'panel_cntl' structure used to control the display panel could be null, dereferencing it could lead to a null pointer access. Fixes the below: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/hwss/dcn21/dcn21_hwseq.c:269 dcn21_set_backlight_level() error: we previously assumed 'panel_cntl' could be null (see line 250)
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.226-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.115-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.112-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.11.7-1	fixed
	sid	6.11.9-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	buster	(not affected)
linux	source	(unstable)	6.7.7-1

[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/e96fddb32931d007db12b1fce9b5e8e4c080401b (6.8-rc4)