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CVE-2024-49941

Published: 2024-10-21T18:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-10-25T15:17Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
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`. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt