CVE-2024-49860: ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method
First published: Mon Oct 21 2024(Updated: )
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.
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.7<5.10.227 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.11<5.15.168 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<6.1.113 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.2<6.6.54 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.7<6.10.13 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.11<6.11.2 | |
| debian/linux | <=5.10.223-1<=5.10.226-1 | 6.1.115-1 6.1.119-1 6.12.5-1 6.12.6-1 |
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Reference Links
- 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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-49860
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49860
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-49860
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-49860
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49860
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b
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