← Database

CVE-2024-40944

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2024-07-12 Modified: 2026-06-17

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. ]

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References