CVE-2026-98884
CVE-2026-98884 · mmc: core: Add validation for host-provided max_segs
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: core: Add validation for host-provided max_segs The max_segs field is of type unsigned short, and if a host driver sets an excessively large value, it may be truncated to zero. This can cause mmc_alloc_sg() to call kmalloc_objs() with a zero size allocation request, which leads to undefined behavior. Under the SLUB allocator, kmalloc(0) returns a special pointer (ZERO_SIZE_PTR). The subsequent 'if (sg)' check will evaluate to true, and sg_init_table() will then attempt to access invalid memory, resulting in a crash: dwmmc_rockchip 2a310000.mmc: Successfully tuned phase to 133 mmc1: new UHS-I speed SDR104 SDHC card at address aaaa Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000001ffffffff0 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000096000004 EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000102c88000 [0000001ffffffff0] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 102 Comm: kworker/2:1 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc6-next-20260331-00013-g4d93c25963c5-dirty #80 PREEMPT Hardware name: Rockchip RK3576 EVB V10 Board (DT) Workqueue: events_freezable mmc_rescan pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : sg_init_table+0x2c/0x50 lr : sg_init_table+0x24/0x50 sp : ffff8000837db710 x29: ffff8000837db710 x28: 000000000000c000 x27: 0000000000000300 x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000040 x24: ffff0000c46a0000 x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff0000c0c73c00 x21: 0000000000000010 x20: 0000000000000010 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 000000000000002c x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000001 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000400 x13: ffff8000837dc000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: ffff0000c0c73ca0 x10: 0000000000000040 x9 : 459ec1f0abbdbb00 x8 : 0000001fffffffe0 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f x5 : 0000000000035579 x4 : 0000000000000901 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000010 Call trace: sg_init_table+0x2c/0x50 (P) mmc_mq_init_request+0x64/0x90 blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs+0x3ac/0x480 blk_mq_alloc_set_map_and_rqs+0x98/0x1e0 blk_mq_alloc_tag_set+0x1c0/0x290 mmc_init_queue+0x120/0x370 mmc_blk_alloc_req+0x150/0x420 To prevent this, add a validation check in mmc_mq_init_request() to detect when sg_len (derived from max_segs) is zero. If sg_len is zero, we return an error and print an error message, allowing host driver developers to identify and fix incorrect max_segs configuration. This is a defensive measure that ensures the MMC core fails gracefully when host drivers provide invalid max_segs values, rather than crashing with a page fault.
Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
linux
- Versions
- ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 03f5a16ec85beebabd5ab5e67ac1527f87908ded: Affected (git)
- ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < c465608bd25d7f8565be7817a6a36a5d69f8aa14: Affected (git)
- ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < a8283f7d93f0d9336b15618b9665279ff6944319: Affected (git)
- ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 9cca3c0c1472d6204ef8a78a6e7b3afe9610b22e: Affected (git)
- ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < b037c2f7794aa01ee2a00e43c29645fd2dd2dfb9: Affected (git)
- ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 3e0483e93a8be320f70a1ff68d835f7f015af311: Affected (git)
- ≥ 0, < 5.15.222: Affected (semver)
- ≥ 0, < 6.1.189: Affected (semver)
- ≥ 0, < 6.6.158: Affected (semver)
- ≥ 0, < 6.12.111: Affected (semver)
- ≥ 0, < 6.18.53: Affected (semver)
Update to 03f5a16ec85beebabd5ab5e67ac1527f87908ded; Update to 5.15.222
linux
- Versions
- ≥ 5.15.222, ≤ 5.15.*: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 6.1.189, ≤ 6.1.*: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 6.6.158, ≤ 6.6.*: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 6.12.111, ≤ 6.12.*: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 6.18.53, ≤ 6.18.*: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 7.2: Not affected (original_commit_for_fix)
No fix published
linux Debian:12
- Versions
- 6.1.106-1
- 6.1.106-2
- 6.1.106-3
- 6.1.112-1
- 6.1.115-1
- 6.1.119-1
- 6.1.123-1
- 6.1.124-1
- 6.1.128-1
- 6.1.129-1
- 6.1.133-1
- 6.1.135-1
- 6.1.137-1
- 6.1.139-1
- 6.1.140-1
- 6.1.147-1
- 6.1.148-1
- 6.1.153-1
- 6.1.158-1
- 6.1.159-1
- 6.1.162-1
- 6.1.164-1
- 6.1.170-1
- 6.1.170-2
- 6.1.170-3
- 6.1.172-1
- 6.1.174-1
- 6.1.176-1
- 6.1.177-1
- 6.1.180-1
- 6.1.187-1
- 6.1.27-1
- 6.1.37-1
- 6.1.38-1
- 6.1.38-2
- 6.1.38-2~bpo11+1
- 6.1.38-3
- 6.1.38-4
- 6.1.38-4~bpo11+1
- 6.1.52-1
- 6.1.55-1
- 6.1.55-1~bpo11+1
- 6.1.64-1
- 6.1.66-1
- 6.1.67-1
- 6.1.69-1
- 6.1.69-1~bpo11+1
- 6.1.76-1
- 6.1.76-1~bpo11+1
- 6.1.82-1
- 6.1.85-1
- 6.1.90-1
- 6.1.90-1~bpo11+1
- 6.1.94-1
- 6.1.94-1~bpo11+1
- 6.1.98-1
- 6.1.99-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 6.1.190-1
Update to 6.1.190-1
linux Debian:13
- Versions
- 6.12.100-1
- 6.12.101-1
- 6.12.105-1
- 6.12.107-1
- 6.12.38-1
- 6.12.41-1
- 6.12.43-1
- 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.48-1
- 6.12.57-1
- 6.12.57-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.63-1
- 6.12.63-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.69-1
- 6.12.69-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.73-1
- 6.12.73-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.74-1
- 6.12.74-2
- 6.12.74-2~bpo12+1
- 6.12.85-1
- 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.86-1
- 6.12.86-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.88-1
- 6.12.88-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.90-1
- 6.12.90-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.90-2
- 6.12.90-2~bpo12+1
- 6.12.94-1
- 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.95-1
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.96-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 6.12.111-1
Update to 6.12.111-1
linux Debian:14
- Versions
- 6.12.100-1
- 6.12.101-1
- 6.12.105-1
- 6.12.107-1
- 6.12.111-1
- 6.12.113-1
- 6.12.38-1
- 6.12.41-1
- 6.12.43-1
- 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.48-1
- 6.12.57-1
- 6.12.57-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.63-1
- 6.12.63-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.69-1
- 6.12.69-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.73-1
- 6.12.73-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.74-1
- 6.12.74-2
- 6.12.74-2~bpo12+1
- 6.12.85-1
- 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.86-1
- 6.12.86-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.88-1
- 6.12.88-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.90-1
- 6.12.90-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.90-2
- 6.12.90-2~bpo12+1
- 6.12.94-1
- 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.95-1
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1
- 6.12.96-1
- 6.13.10-1~exp1
- 6.13.11-1~exp1
- 6.13.2-1~exp1
- 6.13.3-1~exp1
- 6.13.4-1~exp1
- 6.13.5-1~exp1
- 6.13.6-1~exp1
- 6.13.7-1~exp1
- 6.13.8-1~exp1
- 6.13.9-1~exp1
- 6.13~rc6-1~exp1
- 6.13~rc7-1~exp1
- 6.14.3-1~exp1
- 6.14.5-1~exp1
- 6.14.6-1~exp1
- 6.15-1~exp1
- 6.15.1-1~exp1
- 6.15.2-1~exp1
- 6.15.3-1~exp1
- 6.15.4-1~exp1
- 6.15.5-1~exp1
- 6.15.6-1~exp1
- 6.15~rc7-1~exp1
- 6.16-1~exp1
- 6.16.1-1~exp1
- 6.16.10-1
- 6.16.11-1
- 6.16.12-1
- 6.16.12-1~bpo13+1
- 6.16.12-2
- 6.16.3-1
- 6.16.3-1~bpo13+1
- 6.16.5-1
- 6.16.6-1
- 6.16.7-1
- 6.16.8-1
- 6.16.9-1
- 6.16~rc7-1~exp1
- 6.17.10-1
- 6.17.11-1
- 6.17.12-1
- 6.17.13-1
- 6.17.13-1~bpo13+1
- 6.17.2-1~exp1
- 6.17.5-1~exp1
- 6.17.6-1
- 6.17.7-1
- 6.17.7-2
- 6.17.8-1
- 6.17.8-1~bpo13+1
- 6.17.9-1
- 6.18.1-1~exp1
- 6.18.10-1
- 6.18.12-1
- 6.18.12-1~bpo13+1
- 6.18.13-1
- 6.18.14-1
- 6.18.15-1
- 6.18.15-1~bpo13+1
- 6.18.2-1~exp1
- 6.18.3-1
- 6.18.5-1
- 6.18.5-1~bpo13+1
- 6.18.8-1
- 6.18.9-1
- 6.18.9-1~bpo13+1
- 6.18~rc4-1~exp1
- 6.18~rc4-1~exp2
- 6.18~rc5-1~exp1
- 6.18~rc6-1~exp1
- 6.18~rc7-1~exp1
- 6.19-1~exp1
- 6.19.10-1
- 6.19.10-1~bpo13+1
- 6.19.11-1
- 6.19.11-1~bpo13+1
- 6.19.12-1
- 6.19.13-1
- 6.19.13-1~bpo13+1
- 6.19.14-1
- 6.19.14-1~bpo13+1
- 6.19.2-1~exp1
- 6.19.3-1~exp1
- 6.19.4-1~exp1
- 6.19.5-1~exp1
- 6.19.6-1
- 6.19.6-2
- 6.19.6-2~bpo13+1
- 6.19.8-1
- 6.19.8-1~bpo13+1
- 6.19~rc4-1~exp1
- 6.19~rc5-1~exp1
- 6.19~rc6-1~exp1
- 6.19~rc7-1~exp1
- 6.19~rc8-1~exp1
- 7.0-1~exp1
- 7.0.1-1~exp1
- 7.0.10-1
- 7.0.10-1~bpo13+1
- 7.0.12-1
- 7.0.12-2
- 7.0.12-2~bpo13+1
- 7.0.13-1
- 7.0.13-1~bpo13+1
- 7.0.14-1
- 7.0.3-1
- 7.0.4-1
- 7.0.4-1~bpo13+1
- 7.0.7-1
- 7.0.7-1~bpo13+1
- 7.0.9-1
- 7.0.9-1~bpo13+1
- 7.1.1-1~exp1
- 7.1.10-1
- 7.1.12-1
- 7.1.13-1
- 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1
- 7.1.2-1~exp1
- 7.1.3-1
- 7.1.3-1+sunvdc
- 7.1.3-1~bpo13+1
- 7.1.4-1
- 7.1.5-1
- 7.1.6-1
- 7.1.7-1
- 7.1.7-1~bpo13+1
- 7.1.8-1
- 7.1.8-1~bpo13+1
- 7.1.8-2
- 7.1.9-1
- 7.1.9-1+sparc64
- 7.1~rc2-1~exp1
- 7.1~rc3-1~exp1
- 7.1~rc4-1~exp1
- 7.1~rc4-1~exp2
- 7.1~rc5-1~exp1
- 7.1~rc7-1~exp1
- 7.2.2-1~exp1
- 7.2.3-1~exp1
- 7.2.6-1~bpo13+1
- 7.2~rc3-1~exp1
- 7.2~rc5-1~exp1
- 7.2~rc7-1~exp1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 7.2.6-1
Update to 7.2.6-1
Original sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03f5a16ec85beebabd5ab5e67ac1527f87908ded
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c465608bd25d7f8565be7817a6a36a5d69f8aa14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8283f7d93f0d9336b15618b9665279ff6944319
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cca3c0c1472d6204ef8a78a6e7b3afe9610b22e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b037c2f7794aa01ee2a00e43c29645fd2dd2dfb9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e0483e93a8be320f70a1ff68d835f7f015af311
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98884