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CVE-2024-40944

x86/kexec: Fix bug with call depth tracking PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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. ]

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 5d8213864ade86b48fc492584ea86d65a62f892e before d91ddd05082691e69b30744825d18ae799293258; affected 5d8213864ade86b48fc492584ea86d65a62f892e before 2cfb464669b645a9b98478b74f2bcea9860dcff1; affected 5d8213864ade86b48fc492584ea86d65a62f892e before 93c1800b3799f17375989b0daf76497dd3e80922
Linux / Linuxaffected 6.2; unaffected 0 before 6.2; unaffected 6.6.35 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.9.6 through 6.9.*; unaffected 6.10 through *

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