{"cve":"CVE-2024-44958","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-04T19:15:30.580","modified":"2026-06-17T07:53:18.393","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched/smt: Fix unbalance sched_smt_present dec/inc\n\nI got the following warn report while doing stress test:\n\njump label: negative count!\nWARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 38 at kernel/jump_label.c:263 static_key_slow_try_dec+0x9d/0xb0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked+0x16/0x70\n sched_cpu_deactivate+0x26e/0x2a0\n cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x3ad/0x10d0\n cpuhp_thread_fun+0x3f5/0x680\n smpboot_thread_fn+0x56d/0x8d0\n kthread+0x309/0x400\n ret_from_fork+0x41/0x70\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\n </TASK>\n\nBecause when cpuset_cpu_inactive() fails in sched_cpu_deactivate(),\nthe cpu offline failed, but sched_smt_present is decremented before\ncalling sched_cpu_deactivate(), it leads to unbalanced dec/inc, so\nfix it by incrementing sched_smt_present in the error path.","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/2a3548c7ef2e135aee40e7e5e44e7d11b893e7c4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf7665efe451e48d27953e6b5bc627d518c902b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65727331b60197b742089855ac09464c22b96f66","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c87a3c6be10a57aa3463c32c3fc6b2a47c3dab","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e22f910a26cc2a3ac9c66b8e935ef2a7dd881117"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-44958","score":0.00212,"percentile":0.11512,"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."]}