Local service interruption via discarded cleanup callback
Published Jul 5, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Resource cleanup failure in the Linux DaVinci MMC driver allows local users to exhaust resources by unbinding a built-in device. The __exit annotation causes davinci_mmcsd_remove to be discarded when CONFIG_MMC_DAVINCI=y, leaving the driver without its cleanup callback. Local privileges and the built-in configuration are required; repeated device unbind or hotplug events leak resources until service is interrupted.
Summary
What happened
Resource cleanup failure in the Linux DaVinci MMC driver allows local users to exhaust resources by unbinding a built-in device. The __exit annotation causes davinci_mmcsd_remove to be discarded when CONFIG_MMC_DAVINCI=y, leaving the driver without its cleanup callback. Local privileges and the built-in configuration are required; repeated device unbind or hotplug events leak resources until service is interrupted.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-39484
- Published
- Jul 5, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-770, T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.6.33
- Affected versionversion=b4cff4549b7a8c5fc8b88e3493b6287555f0512c <1d5ed0efe51d36b9ae9b64f133bf41cdbf56f584
- Affected versionversion=b4cff4549b7a8c5fc8b88e3493b6287555f0512c <55c421b364482b61c4c45313a535e61ed5ae4ea3
- Affected versionversion=b4cff4549b7a8c5fc8b88e3493b6287555f0512c <5ee241f72edc6dce5051a5f100eab6cc019d873e
- Affected versionversion=b4cff4549b7a8c5fc8b88e3493b6287555f0512c <6ff7cfa02baabec907f6f29ea76634e6256d2ec4
- Affected versionversion=b4cff4549b7a8c5fc8b88e3493b6287555f0512c <7590da4c04dd4aa9c262da0231e978263861c6eb
- Affected versionversion=b4cff4549b7a8c5fc8b88e3493b6287555f0512c <aea35157bb9b825faa0432bd0f7fbea37ff39aa1
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