CVE-2024-49860

HIGH EPSS 16.5%
Published Oct 21, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Oct 21, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method Only buffer objects are valid return values of _STR. If something else is returned description_show() will access invalid memory.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.1
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
16.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-843

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥3.7  –  <5.10.227
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.168
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.113
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.54
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.10.13
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.11  –  <6.11.2

References 11

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827be
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92fd5209fc014405f63a7db79802ca4b01dc0c05
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668d
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827be
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668d
    Patch