{
  "cveId": "CVE-2024-49941",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49941",
  "summary": "CVE-2024-49941 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49941, released October 21, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  gpiolib: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference...",
  "description": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  gpiolib: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in gpiod_get_label()  In \u0060gpiod_get_label()\u0060, it is possible that \u0060srcu_dereference_check()\u0060 may return a NULL pointer, leading to a scenario where \u0060label-\u003Estr\u0060 is accessed without verifying if \u0060label\u0060 itself is NULL.  This patch adds a proper NULL check for \u0060label\u0060 before accessing \u0060label-\u003Estr\u0060. The check for \u0060label-\u003Estr != NULL\u0060 is removed because \u0060label-\u003Estr\u0060 can never be NULL if \u0060label\u0060 is not NULL.  This fixes the issue where the label name was being printed as \u0060(efault)\u0060 when dumping the sysfs GPIO file when \u0060label == NULL\u0060.",
  "published": "2024-10-21T18:15:15Z",
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss": 5.5,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
  "epss": 0.00202,
  "epssPercentile": 0.10155,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 13.5 (trixie)",
      "fixedVersion": "6.11.4-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49941",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2024-49941",
      "released": "2024-10-21T18:15:15Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "6.11.4-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49941",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2024-49941",
      "released": "2024-10-21T18:15:15Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-07T12:40:37Z"
}