VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-49860
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.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.25%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9cePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827bePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92fd5209fc014405f63a7db79802ca4b01dc0c05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668dPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.