{"id":"CVE-2024-39498","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-39498","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:30:08.594Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/mst: Fix NULL pointer dereference at drm_dp_add_payload_part2 [Why] Commit: - commit 5aa1dfcdf0a4 (\"drm/mst: Refactor the flow for payload allocation/removement\") accidently…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/mst: Fix NULL pointer dereference at drm_dp_add_payload_part2\n\n[Why]\nCommit:\n- commit 5aa1dfcdf0a4 (\"drm/mst: Refactor the flow for payload allocation/removement\")\naccidently overwrite the commit\n- commit 54d217406afe (\"drm: use mgr->dev in drm_dbg_kms in drm_dp_add_payload_part2\")\nwhich cause regression.\n\n[How]\nRecover the original NULL fix and remove the unnecessary input parameter 'state' for\ndrm_dp_add_payload_part2().\n\n(cherry picked from commit 4545614c1d8da603e57b60dd66224d81b6ffc305)","published":"2024-07-12T13:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:42:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00238,"percentile":0.14739,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a507b7d2be15fddb95bf8dee01110b723e2bcd9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e21de5f99b2368a5155037ce0aae8aaba3f5241","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a507b7d2be15fddb95bf8dee01110b723e2bcd9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e21de5f99b2368a5155037ce0aae8aaba3f5241","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39498","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}