CVE-2024-49860

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49860
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-49860.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-49860
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-10-21T12:27:18.640Z
Modified
2025-11-27T19:33:59.911418Z
Summary
ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/ee626f5d79d5817bb21d6f048dc0da4c4e383443/cves/2024/49xxx/CVE-2024-49860.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba
Fixed
92fd5209fc014405f63a7db79802ca4b01dc0c05
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba
Fixed
2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba
Fixed
4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba
Fixed
0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba
Fixed
5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827be
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba
Fixed
f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba
Fixed
f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba
Fixed
f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668d
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba
Fixed
4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.7.0
Fixed
4.19.323
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.285
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.227
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.168
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.113
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.54
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.10.13
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.11.0
Fixed
6.11.2