GHSA-WRC3-47R8-P9QM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-21 15:32 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31
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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.

Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-49860"
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  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:39Z",
  "published": "2024-10-21T15:32:27Z",
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