Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-49941)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2024-49941). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via label. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.11.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-49941 has been found in Kernel.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like label over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.11.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2024-49941" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-49941 (Kernel)
Attack surface: label
Patched: 6.11.3 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via label.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel. Attack surface: label.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.11.3.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.11.3
```
ステージング環境で 6.11.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.9.0"},{"fixed":"6.11.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49941 linux Fixed in: 6.11.4-1