CVE-2024-49860
High
ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method
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.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
October 21, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-49860
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92fd5209fc014405f63a7db79802ca4b01dc0c05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668d
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/49xxx/CVE-2024-49860.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49860