Kernel heap corruption via undersized clock allocation
Published Dec 28, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Memory corruption in the MediaTek CMDQ mailbox driver in Linux 6.11 through 6.11.10 and 6.12 through 6.12.1 allows local users to crash the kernel. cmdq_get_clocks allocates each clock entry using the size of a pointer instead of struct clk_bulk_data, then writes identifiers and clock pointers beyond the allocation and later dereferences out-of-bounds entries. The defect is reached when the driver binds on affected MediaTek SoCs, where probing occurs automatically and can corrupt adjacent kernel objects without user interaction.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in the MediaTek CMDQ mailbox driver in Linux 6.11 through 6.11.10 and 6.12 through 6.12.1 allows local users to crash the kernel. cmdq_get_clocks allocates each clock entry using the size of a pointer instead of struct clk_bulk_data, then writes identifiers and clock pointers beyond the allocation and later dereferences out-of-bounds entries. The defect is reached when the driver binds on affected MediaTek SoCs, where probing occurs automatically and can corrupt adjacent kernel objects without user interaction.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56684
- Published
- Dec 28, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
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- Attack vector
- local
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- Dec 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.11
- Affected versionversion=aa1609f571caba0db102c611829d48adf226bb70 <271ee263cc8771982809185007181ca10346fe73
- Affected versionversion=aa1609f571caba0db102c611829d48adf226bb70 <31986fad0cfdda8d8893230da04f5eb0774854d9
- Affected versionversion=aa1609f571caba0db102c611829d48adf226bb70 <a9c7cb960fc6e056ebecebd136a127612b15630d
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