7.3

CVE-2024-49860: linux Type Confusion

CVSS: 7.3v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49860DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49860
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49860 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Type Confusion vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 71 · Related 68
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1MGASA-2024-0344MGASA-2024-0345OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu134 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba, < 92fd5209fc014405f63a7db79802ca4b01dc0c05 | ≥ d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba, < 2364b6af90c6b6d8a4783e0d3481ca80af699554 | ≥ d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba, < 4b081991c4363e072e1748efed0bbec8a77daba5 | ≥ d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba, < 0cdfb9178a3bba843c95c2117c82c15f1a64b9ce | ≥ d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba, < 5c8d007c14aefc3f2ddf71e4c40713733dc827be | ≥ d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba, < f0921ecd4ddc14646bb5511f49db4d7d3b0829f0 | ≥ d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba, < f51e5a88f2e7224858b261546cf6b3037dfb1323 | ≥ d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba, < f51f711d36e61fbb87c67b524fd200e05172668d | ≥ d1efe3c324ead77d3f6cd85093b50f6bd2e17aba, < 4bb1e7d027413835b086aed35bc3f0713bc0f72b | 3.7
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.7, < 5.10.227 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.168 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.113 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.54 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.13 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.115-1 | < 6.11.2-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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