CVE-2024-42242

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: sdhci: Fix max_seg_size for 64KiB PAGE_SIZE blk_queue_max_segment_size() ensured: if (max_size < PAGE_SIZE) max_size = PAGE_SIZE; whereas: blk_validate_limits() makes it an error: if (WARN_ON_ONCE(lim->max_segment_size < PAGE_SIZE)) return -EINVAL; The change from one to the other, exposed sdhci which was setting maximum segment size too low in some circumstances. Fix the maximum segment size when it is too low.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 7, 2024
First seenAug 7, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.9.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.9 ≤ v < 6.9.106.9.10

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