# CVE-2024-40944: x86/kexec: Fix bug with call depth tracking

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-12 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.2

## 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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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d91ddd05082691e69b30744825d18ae799293258
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cfb464669b645a9b98478b74f2bcea9860dcff1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93c1800b3799f17375989b0daf76497dd3e80922

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