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CVE-2024-40944

July 12, 2024, 4:34 p.m.

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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
2024-07-12
CVE-2024-40944

Product(s) Impacted

Linux Kernel

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: Fix bug with call depth tracking The call to cc_platform_has() triggers a fault and system crash if call depth tracking is active because the GS segment has been reset by load_segments() and GS_BASE is now 0 but call depth tracking uses per-CPU variables to operate. Call cc_platform_has() earlier in the function when GS is still valid. [ bp: Massage. ]

Weaknesses

Date

Published: July 12, 2024, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified: July 12, 2024, 4:34 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

References

https://git.kernel.org/ 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/ 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/ 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67