{"cve":"CVE-2024-40944","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:16.753","modified":"2026-06-17T07:46:55.537","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/kexec: Fix bug with call depth tracking\n\nThe call to cc_platform_has() triggers a fault and system crash if call depth\ntracking is active because the GS segment has been reset by load_segments() and\nGS_BASE is now 0 but call depth tracking uses per-CPU variables to operate.\n\nCall cc_platform_has() earlier in the function when GS is still valid.\n\n  [ bp: Massage. ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cfb464669b645a9b98478b74f2bcea9860dcff1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93c1800b3799f17375989b0daf76497dd3e80922","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d91ddd05082691e69b30744825d18ae799293258","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cfb464669b645a9b98478b74f2bcea9860dcff1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93c1800b3799f17375989b0daf76497dd3e80922"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-40944","score":0.00239,"percentile":0.15003,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}