CVE-2024-49860
ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
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.
Ziming Zhang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could possibly trigger this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. Ye Zhang and Nicolas Wu discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle locking for rings with IOPOLL, leading to a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2024-10-21 CVE Reserved
- 2024-10-21 CVE Published
- 2025-05-04 CVE Updated
- 2025-06-26 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CAPEC
References (12)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba | Vuln. Introduced |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49860 | 2025-05-13 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2320200 | 2025-05-13 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.7 < 4.19.323 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.7 < 4.19.323" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.7 < 5.4.285 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.7 < 5.4.285" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.7 < 5.10.227 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.7 < 5.10.227" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.7 < 5.15.168 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.7 < 5.15.168" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.7 < 6.1.113 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.7 < 6.1.113" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.7 < 6.6.54 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.7 < 6.6.54" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.7 < 6.10.13 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.7 < 6.10.13" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.7 < 6.11.2 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.7 < 6.11.2" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 3.7 < 6.12 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.7 < 6.12" | en |
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