CVE-2024-49941
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 6.9-6.11.2 - NULL Pointer Dereference in gpiod_get_label()
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpiolib: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in gpiod_get_label() In `gpiod_get_label()`, it is possible that `srcu_dereference_check()` may return a NULL pointer, leading to a scenario where `label->str` is accessed without verifying if `label` itself is NULL. This patch adds a proper NULL check for `label` before accessing `label->str`. The check for `label->str != NULL` is removed because `label->str` can never be NULL if `label` is not NULL. This fixes the issue where the label name was being printed as `(efault)` when dumping the sysfs GPIO file when `label == NULL`.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0020
EPSS Percentile
10.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel
6.9.0 - 6.11.3linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.9
Linux/Linux
6.11.3 - 6.11.*
Linux/Linux
6.12
Linux/Linux
6.9
Linux/Linux
a86d27693066a34a29be86f394bbad847b2d1749 - 7b99b5ab885993bff010ebcd93be5e511c56e28a
Linux/Linux
a86d27693066a34a29be86f394bbad847b2d1749 - 9ee4b907d7a5d7a53b4ff7727c371ff3d44ccbbb
linux/linux_kernel
6.12 rc1
linux/linux_kernel
6.9 - 6.11.3
Published
Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026