CVE-2024-42242
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 8 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (27)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-1788Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2024-08-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (7)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-42242/cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d20a94f24fc1cbaf44d0e7c0e0a8077fde0aefcnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf78b1accef46efd9b624967cb74ae8d3c215a2bcnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d20a94f24fc1cbaf44d0e7c0e0a8077fde0aefenisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf78b1accef46efd9b624967cb74ae8d3c215a2benisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d20a94f24fc1cbaf44d0e7c0e0a8077fde0aefPatchnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf78b1accef46efd9b624967cb74ae8d3c215a2bPatchnvd
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