CVE-2024-44965

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm: Fix pticlonepgtable alignment assumption Guenter reported dodgy crashes on an i386-nosmp build using GCC-11 that had the form of endless traps until entry stack exhaust and then DF from the stack guard. It turned out that...

CVE-2024-44965 x86/mm: Fix pti_clone_pgtable() alignment assumption

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/mm: Fix pticlonepgtable alignment assumption Guenter reported dodgy crashes on an i386-nosmp build using GCC-11 that had the form of endless traps until entry stack exhaust and then DF from the stack guard. It turned out that...

CVE-2024-44965

CVE-2024-44965 is a Linux kernel vulnerability where pti_clone_pgtable() made alignment assumptions (PMD alignment) on the start address, which is valid on x86_64 but not on i386, causing the end condition to malfunction and potentially a short clone of user mappings. The issue could lead to trap...