Kernel crash via stale SCSI command pointer
Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Denial of service in the Linux kernel wd33c93 SCSI driver allows local users to trigger a kernel oops during device selection. In wd33c93_intr(), scsi_pointer is initialized from hostdata->connected while selection is still in progress, although that field is not yet valid; the current command resides in hostdata->selecting. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and a system using the affected WD33C93 SCSI path, and the bounded consequence is a kernel crash that interrupts service.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in the Linux kernel wd33c93 SCSI driver allows local users to trigger a kernel oops during device selection. In wd33c93_intr(), scsi_pointer is initialized from hostdata->connected while selection is still in progress, although that field is not yet valid; the current command resides in hostdata->selecting. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and a system using the affected WD33C93 SCSI path, and the bounded consequence is a kernel crash that interrupts service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50026
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.18
- Affected versionversion=dbb2da557a6a87c88bbb4b1fef037091b57f701b <3afeceda855dea9b85cddd96307d4d17c8742005
- Affected versionversion=dbb2da557a6a87c88bbb4b1fef037091b57f701b <9023ed8d91eb1fcc93e64dc4962f7412b1c4cbec
- Affected versionversion=dbb2da557a6a87c88bbb4b1fef037091b57f701b <b60ff1a95c7c386cdd6153de3d7d85edaeabd800
- Affected versionversion=dbb2da557a6a87c88bbb4b1fef037091b57f701b <e04642a207f1d2ae28a08624c04c67f5681f3451
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