CVE-2024-49860

ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method

HIGH

7.1

CVSS Score

Published: October 21, 2024 at 12:27 PM UTC

Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

HIGH7.1

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

3.7 ≤ v < 4.19.3233.7 ≤ v < 5.10.2273.7 ≤ v < 5.15.1683.7 ≤ v < 5.4.2853.7 ≤ v < 6.1.1133.7 ≤ v < 6.10.133.7 ≤ v < 6.11.23.7 ≤ v < 6.123.7 ≤ v < 6.6.545.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1685.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1136.11 ≤ v < 6.11.26.2 ≤ v < 6.6.546.7 ≤ v < 6.10.133.7d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba

Vendor states this is fixed in 0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827be (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 92fd5209fc014405f63a7db79802ca4b01dc0c05 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668d (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 3.7 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.323 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.227 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.168 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.285 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.113 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10.13 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11.2 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.54 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references