CVE-2024-49860
ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
3.7
References 9
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/92fd5209fc014405f63a7db79802ca4b01dc0c05
- stable/c/2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554
- stable/c/4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5
- stable/c/0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce
- stable/c/5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827be
- stable/c/f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0
- stable/c/f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323
- stable/c/f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668d
- stable/c/4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b