CVE-2024-49941

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.9-6.11.2 - NULL Pointer Dereference in gpiod_get_label()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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`.

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