CVE-2024-26662

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2024-04-02 Modified: 2026-10-30 First seen: 2026-10-30 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

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)

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (9)

VendorProductVersion
Linux Linux 474ac4a875ca6fea3fc5183d3ad22ef7523dca53 < 94a506cbfd1bd4817502bed097e24cbab23cfce3
Linux Linux 474ac4a875ca6fea3fc5183d3ad22ef7523dca53 < 2e150ccea13129eb048679114808eb9770443e4d
Linux Linux 474ac4a875ca6fea3fc5183d3ad22ef7523dca53 < 0c863cab0e9173f8b6c7bc328bee3b8625f131b5
Linux Linux 474ac4a875ca6fea3fc5183d3ad22ef7523dca53 < e96fddb32931d007db12b1fce9b5e8e4c080401b
Linux Linux 5.9
linux linux_kernel 5.9 – 6.6.17
linux linux_kernel 6.8
linux linux_kernel 6.8
linux linux_kernel 6.8

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.22%
Raw Score 0.002250
Percentile 13.2%
Date 2026-10-30

EPSS Trend

2026-10-30
0.00225
2026-10-29
0.00225

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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