CVE-2024-53051

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A null pointer dereference issue in the Linux kernel has been resolved. The problem occurred in the drm/i915/hdcp component, specifically in the intel hdcp get capability function. This issue was triggered during hotplug or suspend/resume scenarios when the encoder was not always initialized. To avoid the null pointer dereference, a check was added to the intel hdcp get capability function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.