# CVE-2026-68466: mtd: rawnand: lpc32xx\_slc: fail DMA transfer on completion timeout

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.7

## Description

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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/307e4f4c1d4e1575b3495ecc6e41aa2adc40f491
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c367af37ce7238c96c6071337149099467160746
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/623c4d8e740debb4af28981e3d4e209f9d0260a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd4a622786f92e1f183f7557ab89dd32891cef60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5c3ee53a5dc1a0f7cfd780485f2c8b5d17f91d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf7258f57d18026b8f77c0e80ff1805e9caf7250
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb2031f8b226efbd13735c07b075e5f14ec11f6d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17a8ce84964f243c8f89dc7353ac7e8d3137bc74

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