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kernel: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation
A denial of service vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel. When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set, then entrySYSENTERcompat uses CLEARBRANCHHISTORY and calls the clearbhbloop before the TF flag is cleared. This causes the DB handler excdebugkernel to iss...
AZL-47528 CVE-2024-42240 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.43.1-7
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bhi: Avoid warning in DB handler due to BHI mitigation When BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set then entrySYSENTERcompat uses CLEARBRANCHHISTORY and calls the clearbhbloop before the TF flag...