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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-47720" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-10-21T11:53:50.178Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T20:39:28.989Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-47720" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-47720.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47720" title: "drm/amd/display: Add null check for set_output_gamma in dcn30_set_output_transfer_func" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/amd/display: Add null check for set_output_gamma in dcn30_set_output_transfer_func\n\nThis commit adds a null check for the set_output_gamma function pointer\nin the dcn30_set_output_transfer_func function. Previously,\nset_output_gamma was being checked for nullity at line 386, but then it\nwas being dereferenced without any nullity check at line 401. This\ncould potentially lead to a null pointer dereference error if\nset_output_gamma is indeed null.\n\nTo fix this, we now ensure that set_output_gamma is not null before\ndereferencing it. We do this by adding a nullity check for\nset_output_gamma before the call to set_output_gamma at line 401. If\nset_output_gamma is null, we log an error message and do not call the\nfunction.\n\nThis fix prevents a potential null pointer dereference error.\n\ndrivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/hwss/dcn30/dcn30_hwseq.c:401 dcn30_set_output_transfer_func()\nerror: we previously assumed 'mpc-\u003efuncs-\u003eset_output_gamma' could be null (see line 386)\n\ndrivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../display/dc/hwss/dcn30/dcn30_hwseq.c\n 373 bool dcn30_set_output_transfer_func(struct dc *dc,\n 374 struct pipe_ctx *pipe_ctx,\n 375 const struct dc_stream_state *stream)\n 376 {\n 377 int mpcc_id = pipe_ctx-\u003eplane_res.hubp-\u003einst;\n 378 struct mpc *mpc = pipe_ctx-\u003estream_res.opp-\u003ectx-\u003edc-\u003eres_pool-\u003empc;\n 379 const struct pwl_params *params = NULL;\n 380 bool ret = false;\n 381\n 382 /* program OGAM or 3DLUT only for the top pipe*/\n 383 if (pipe_ctx-\u003etop_pipe == NULL) {\n 384 /*program rmu shaper and 3dlut in MPC*/\n 385 ret = dcn30_set_mpc_shaper_3dlut(pipe_ctx, stream);\n 386 if (ret == false && mpc-\u003efuncs-\u003eset_output_gamma) {\n ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If this is NULL\n\n 387 if (stream-\u003eout_transfer_func.type == TF_TYPE_HWPWL)\n 388 params = &stream-\u003eout_transfer_func.pwl;\n 389 else if (pipe_ctx-\u003estream-\u003eout_transfer_func.type ==\n 390 TF_TYPE_DISTRIBUTED_POINTS &&\n 391 cm3_helper_translate_curve_to_hw_format(\n 392 &stream-\u003eout_transfer_func,\n 393 &mpc-\u003eblender_params, false))\n 394 params = &mpc-\u003eblender_params;\n 395 /* there are no ROM LUTs in OUTGAM */\n 396 if (stream-\u003eout_transfer_func.type == TF_TYPE_PREDEFINED)\n 397 BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER();\n 398 }\n 399 }\n 400\n--\u003e 401 mpc-\u003efuncs-\u003eset_output_gamma(mpc, mpcc_id, params);\n ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Then it will crash\n\n 402 return ret;\n 403 }" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"d99f13878d6f9c286b13860d8bf0b4db9ffb189a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"44948d3cb943602ba4a0b5ed3c91ae0525838fb1"},{"version":"d99f13878d6f9c286b13860d8bf0b4db9ffb189a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"64886a4e6f1dce843c0889505cf0673b5211e16a"},{"version":"d99f13878d6f9c286b13860d8bf0b4db9ffb189a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ddf9ff244d704e1903533f7be377615ed34b83e7"},{"version":"d99f13878d6f9c286b13860d8bf0b4db9ffb189a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"84edd5a3f5fa6aafa4afcaf9f101f46426c620c9"},{"version":"d99f13878d6f9c286b13860d8bf0b4db9ffb189a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"72ee32d0907364104fbcf4f68dd5ae63cd8eae9e"},{"version":"d99f13878d6f9c286b13860d8bf0b4db9ffb189a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"08ae395ea22fb3d9b318c8bde28c0dfd2f5fa4d2"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.9"},{"version":"5.15.168","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.113","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.54","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.10.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.10.*"},{"version":"6.11.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.11.*"},{"version":"6.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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