{"cve":"CVE-2024-49860","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T13:15:06.723","modified":"2026-08-04T11:20:52.110","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPI: sysfs: validate return type of _STR method\n\nOnly buffer objects are valid return values of _STR.\n\nIf something else is returned description_show() will access invalid\nmemory.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-843"],"references":["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"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49860","score":0.00254,"percentile":0.1694,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}