CVE-2024-42242
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 6.9-6.9.9 - Denial of Service via Incorrect MMC Segment Size Validation
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: sdhci: Fix max_seg_size for 64KiB PAGE_SIZE blk_queue_max_segment_size() ensured: if (max_size < PAGE_SIZE) max_size = PAGE_SIZE; whereas: blk_validate_limits() makes it an error: if (WARN_ON_ONCE(lim->max_segment_size < PAGE_SIZE)) return -EINVAL; The change from one to the other, exposed sdhci which was setting maximum segment size too low in some circumstances. Fix the maximum segment size when it is too low.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0018
EPSS Percentile
7.9%
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-770
Status
published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel
6.9.0 - 6.9.10linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.9
Linux/Linux
6.10
Linux/Linux
6.9
Linux/Linux
6.9.10 - 6.9.*
Linux/Linux
616f8766179277324393f7b77e07f14cb3503825 - 63d20a94f24fc1cbaf44d0e7c0e0a8077fde0aef
Linux/Linux
616f8766179277324393f7b77e07f14cb3503825 - bf78b1accef46efd9b624967cb74ae8d3c215a2b
linux/linux_kernel
6.9 - 6.9.10
Published
Aug 07, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026