Kernel panic via unguarded SCSI host removal
Published Sep 27, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Denial of service in Linux allows local users to trigger a kernel panic during UFS driver removal when MCQ is enabled. In ufshcd_remove(), the teardown path calls scsi_remove_host() even when ufshcd_async_scan() failed before scsi_add_host() registered the host. Reachability requires an MCQ-enabled UFS device, an asynchronous scan failure during probe, and subsequent removal of the ufshcd driver; the documented consequence is a host crash.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in Linux allows local users to trigger a kernel panic during UFS driver removal when MCQ is enabled. In ufshcd_remove(), the teardown path calls scsi_remove_host() even when ufshcd_async_scan() failed before scsi_add_host() registered the host. Reachability requires an MCQ-enabled UFS device, an asynchronous scan failure during probe, and subsequent removal of the ufshcd driver; the documented consequence is a host crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-46843
- Published
- Sep 27, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
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- Sep 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0cab4023ec7b49b18145f74ab8389678d6d58878 <2f49e05d6b58d660f035a75ff96b77071b4bd5ed
- Affected versionversion=0cab4023ec7b49b18145f74ab8389678d6d58878 <3844586e9bd9845140e1078f1e61896b576ac536
- Affected versionversion=0cab4023ec7b49b18145f74ab8389678d6d58878 <7cbff570dbe8907e23bba06f6414899a0fbb2fcc
- Affected versionversion=6.3
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