CVE-2021-47108

drm/mediatek: hdmi: Perform NULL pointer check for mtk_hdmi_conf

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Mar 4, 2024
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Mar 4, 2024

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/mediatek: hdmi: Perform NULL pointer check for mtk_hdmi_conf

In commit 41ca9caaae0b ("drm/mediatek: hdmi: Add check for CEA modes only") a check for CEA modes was added to function mtk_hdmi_bridge_mode_valid() in order to address possible issues on MT8167; moreover, with commit c91026a938c2 ("drm/mediatek: hdmi: Add optional limit on maximal HDMI mode clock") another similar check was introduced.

Unfortunately though, at the time of writing, MT8173 does not provide any mtk_hdmi_conf structure and this is crashing the kernel with NULL pointer upon entering mtk_hdmi_bridge_mode_valid(), which happens as soon as a HDMI cable gets plugged in.

To fix this regression, add a NULL pointer check for hdmi->conf in the said function, restoring HDMI functionality and avoiding NULL pointer kernel panics.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 41ca9caaae0bfc959b22dbcd59d88a7107707e17 to before 71d07ebc5000b9c1d140e99e7493b0bafa954776Affected
  • 41ca9caaae0bfc959b22dbcd59d88a7107707e17 to before 3b8e19a0aa3933a785be9f1541afd8d398c4ec69Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.14Affected
  • before 5.14Not affected
  • 5.15.12 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 5.16 and laterNot affected

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