| ID | 
        
          CVE-2024-50117
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          | Sažetak | 
        In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd: Guard against bad data for ATIF ACPI method
If a BIOS provides bad data in response to an ATIF method call
this causes a NULL pointer dereference in the caller.
```
? show_regs (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:478 (discriminator 1))
? __die (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:423 arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:434)
? page_fault_oops (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:544 (discriminator 2) arch/x86/mm/fault.c:705 (discriminator 2))
? do_user_addr_fault (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:440 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1232 (discriminator 1))
? acpi_ut_update_object_reference (drivers/acpi/acpica/utdelete.c:642)
? exc_page_fault (arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1542)
? asm_exc_page_fault (./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:623)
? amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps.constprop.0 (drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c:387 (discriminator 2)) amdgpu
? amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps.constprop.0 (drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c:386 (discriminator 1)) amdgpu
```
It has been encountered on at least one system, so guard for it.
(cherry picked from commit c9b7c809b89f24e9372a4e7f02d64c950b07fdee) | 
      
      
          | Reference | 
        
          
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        | CVSS | 
        
          
              | Base:           | 5.5 |  
              | Impact:         | 3.6 |  
              | Exploitability: | 1.8 |  
           
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        | Pristup | 
        
        
            | Vektor | Složenost | Autentikacija |  
            
            | LOCAL | 
            LOW | 
            LOW | 
             
         
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        | Impact | 
        
        
            | Povjerljivost | Cjelovitost | Dostupnost |  
            
            | NONE | 
            NONE | 
            HIGH | 
             
         
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        | CVSS vektor | 
        CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | 
      
      
          | Zadnje važnije ažuriranje | 
          
            01-10-2025 - 21:15 | 
          
      
      
          | Objavljeno | 
          
            05-11-2024 - 18:15 |