CVE-2024-26662: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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)

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.9, before 6.6.17 (fixed in 6.6.17); from 6.7, before 6.7.5 (fixed in 6.7.5); version 6.8 only

Published 2024-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.