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The drm bug tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about bugs in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem, particularly those affecting AMD graphics hardware on Linux. A highlighted thread addresses CVE-2024-43899, a null-pointer dereference in the AMD DRM display stack that can cause kernel oops or system hangs during specific display operations, such as MPV fullscreen playback on DCN401 hardware. The bug was fixed upstream. While the tag focuses on Linux kernel DRM issues, it may also be relevant to users troubleshooting graphics-related crashes or stability problems on systems using AMD GPUs.
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CVE-2024-43899: AMD DRM Display Null Pointer Crash Fixed Upstream
A small but consequential null-pointer dereference in the AMD DRM display stack — rooted in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display and specifically dcn20_resource.c — has been tracked as CVE‑2024‑43899 and fixed upstream; the bug can cause a kernel oops or system hang when particular display code paths are...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Security Alerts