CVE-2024-49860
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.3
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.3%
17.2th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-843
Published 2024-10-21 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | L | Low |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2024-10-21 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
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
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92fd5209fc014405f63a7db79802ca4b01dc0c05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html