Bug 2320472 (CVE-2024-49941) - CVE-2024-49941 kernel: gpiolib: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in gpiod_get_label()
Summary: CVE-2024-49941 kernel: gpiolib: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in gpi...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-49941
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2320798
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Reported: 2024-10-21 19:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2024-10-21 23:18 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 19:04:16 UTC
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`.


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