---
cve: "CVE-2024-44976"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "20%"
vendor: "Linux"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2024-09-04 20:15:07"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-19T10:26:01+02:00"
---

# CVE-2024-44976

> 3.1 LOW

## Beschreibung

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ata: pata_macio: Fix DMA table overflow

Kolbjørn and Jonáš reported that their 32-bit PowerMacs were crashing
in pata-macio since commit 09fe2bfa6b83 ("ata: pata_macio: Fix
max_segment_size with PAGE_SIZE == 64K").

For example:

  kernel BUG at drivers/ata/pata_macio.c:544!
  Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#1]
  BE PAGE_SIZE=4K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2 DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PowerMac
  ...
  NIP pata_macio_qc_prep+0xf4/0x190
  LR  pata_macio_qc_prep+0xfc/0x190
  Call Trace:
    0xc1421660 (unreliable)
    ata_qc_issue+0x14c/0x2d4
    __ata_scsi_queuecmd+0x200/0x53c
    ata_scsi_queuecmd+0x50/0xe0
    scsi_queue_rq+0x788/0xb1c
    __blk_mq_issue_directly+0x58/0xf4
    blk_mq_plug_issue_direct+0x8c/0x1b4
    blk_mq_flush_plug_list.part.0+0x584/0x5e0
    __blk_flush_plug+0xf8/0x194
    __submit_bio+0x1b8/0x2e0
    submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x230/0x304
    btrfs_work_helper+0x200/0x338
    process_one_work+0x1a8/0x338
    worker_thread+0x364/0x4c0
    kthread+0x100/0x104
    start_kernel_thread+0x10/0x14

That commit increased max_segment_size to 64KB, with the justification
that the SCSI core was already using that size when PAGE_SIZE == 64KB,
and that there was existing logic to split over-sized requests.

However with a sufficiently large request, the splitting logic causes
each sg to be split into two commands in the DMA table, leading to
overflow of the DMA table, triggering the BUG_ON().

With default settings the bug doesn't trigger, because the request size
is limited by max_sectors_kb == 1280, however max_sectors_kb can be
increased, and apparently some distros do that by default using udev
rules.

Fix the bug for 4KB kernels by reverting to the old max_segment_size.

For 64KB kernels the sg_tablesize needs to be halved, to allow for the
possibility that each sg will be split into two.

## Patch verfügbar (OSV)

- Kernel ≥ 6.10.7

## Referenzen

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/709e4c8f78e156ab332297bdd87527ec3da4e2d4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/822c8020aebcf5804a143b891e34f29873fee5e2>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2024-44976) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_