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CVE-2024-49860 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827be Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92fd5209fc014405f63a7db79802ca4b01dc0c05
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668d Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-49860
NVD Published Date:
10/21/2024
NVD Last Modified:
11/08/2024
Source:
kernel.org