Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate 2026-08-15T00:00:00 kernel: mtd: rawnand: lpc32xx_slc: fail DMA transfer on completion timeout 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CWE-825

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: lpc32xx_slc: fail DMA transfer on completion timeout lpc32xx_xmit_dma() waits for the DMA completion callback but ignores wait_for_completion_timeout(). A timed out DMA transfer is therefore unmapped and reported as successful to the NAND read/write path. Return -ETIMEDOUT when the completion wait expires. Terminate the DMA channel before unmapping the scatterlist so the timed out transfer cannot continue to access the buffer after the error is returned.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `lpc32xx_slc` driver, which manages NAND flash memory. This vulnerability occurs because the driver fails to properly handle Direct Memory Access (DMA) transfer timeouts. When a DMA transfer times out, the driver incorrectly reports it as successful and unmaps the associated memory buffer without terminating the DMA channel. This can lead to the system attempting to access an unmapped memory region, potentially causing data corruption or system instability.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68466 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68466 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081504-CVE-2026-68466-7ca5@gregkh/T