CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2024-40944
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.24%
Linux
Original NVD 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. ]
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