vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-49860: kernel: ACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C) | Oct 21, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 21, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025
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.
Solution(s)
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
References
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