CVE-2024-49925: fbdev: efifb: Register sysfs groups through driver core

First published: Mon Oct 21 2024(Updated: )

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: efifb: Register sysfs groups through driver core The driver core can register and cleanup sysfs groups already. Make use of that functionality to simplify the error handling and cleanup. Also avoid a UAF race during unregistering where the sysctl attributes were usable after the info struct was freed.

Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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