What is CVE-2024-49860?

CVE-2024-49860 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.7 onward and patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.227 and others. CVE-2024-49860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-49860?

CVE-2024-49860 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-49860?

Yes, CVE-2024-49860 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.227 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-49860 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-49860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-49860

High

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-10-21

Last modified 2025-11-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.1

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-843

CVE-2024-49860 is classified as CWE-843

See CWE-843 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.7 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.54, 6.10.13, 6.11.2, 6.12 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.7

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.323 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.285 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.227 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.168 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.113 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.54 6.6.x ✓ 6.10.13 6.10.x ✓ 6.11.2 6.11.x ✓ 6.12

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-49860 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5
Patch

9 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-49860

Severity High

CVSS score 7.1 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-10-21

Modified 2025-11-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49860?

CVE-2024-49860 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.7 onward and has been patched in 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.227 and others. CVE-2024-49860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-49860?

CVE-2024-49860 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-49860?

Yes — CVE-2024-49860 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.227 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-49860 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-49860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.