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

drm/meson: fix shutdown crash when component not probed

When main component is not probed, by example when the dw-hdmi module is
not loaded yet or in probe defer, the following crash appears on shutdown:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000038
...
pc : meson_drv_shutdown+0x24/0x50
lr : platform_drv_shutdown+0x20/0x30
...
Call trace:
meson_drv_shutdown+0x24/0x50
platform_drv_shutdown+0x20/0x30
device_shutdown+0x158/0x360
kernel_restart_prepare+0x38/0x48
kernel_restart+0x18/0x68
__do_sys_reboot+0x224/0x250
__arm64_sys_reboot+0x24/0x30
...

Simply check if the priv struct has been allocated before using it.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T12:41:10.703Z

Reserved: 2024-03-25T09:12:14.110Z

Link: CVE-2021-47165

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:24:40.287Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-25T10:15:08.620

Modified: 2025-03-03T17:33:19.643

Link: CVE-2021-47165

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-03-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47165 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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