# CVE-2024-27406: lib/Kconfig.debug: TEST\_IOV\_ITER depends on MMU

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-17 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/Kconfig.debug: TEST_IOV_ITER depends on MMU Trying to run the iov_iter unit test on a nommu system such as the qemu kc705-nommu emulation results in a crash. KTAP version 1 # Subtest: iov_iter # module: kunit_iov_iter 1..9 BUG: failure at mm/nommu.c:318/vmap()! Kernel panic - not syncing: BUG! The test calls vmap() directly, but vmap() is not supported on nommu systems, causing the crash. TEST_IOV_ITER therefore needs to depend on MMU.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6316749d603fe9c4c91f6ec3694e06e4de632a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e6e541b97762d5b1143070067f7c68f39a408f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1eb1e984379e2da04361763f66eec90dd75cf63e

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