Local kernel panic via oversized MMC transfer
Published Jul 29, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
A denial of service in the Linux 6.9 davinci_mmc driver allows local users to trigger a kernel panic through an oversized PIO transfer. The PIO transmit loop in mmc_davinci_prepare_data() advances scatter-gather state without limiting the requested byte count to sgm->length. Exploitation requires local access to a system using the TI DaVinci MMC host controller and interrupts the entire operating system.
Summary
What happened
A denial of service in the Linux 6.9 davinci_mmc driver allows local users to trigger a kernel panic through an oversized PIO transfer. The PIO transmit loop in mmc_davinci_prepare_data() advances scatter-gather state without limiting the requested byte count to sgm->length. Exploitation requires local access to a system using the TI DaVinci MMC host controller and interrupts the entire operating system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-41026
- Published
- Jul 29, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1529
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.9
- Affected versionversion=ed01d210fd910f7fa7933638df14ffb8d4aac2a9 <16198eef11c1929374381d7f6271b4bf6aa44615
- Affected versionversion=ed01d210fd910f7fa7933638df14ffb8d4aac2a9 <c561c4ecce712f94b442db5960e281f13b28df2e
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