CVE-2024-44968 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-44968

tick/broadcast: Move per CPU pointer access into the atomic section

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tick/broadcast: Move per CPU pointer access into the atomic section The recent fix for making the take over of the broadcast timer more reliable retrieves a per CPU pointer in preemptible context. This went unnoticed as compilers hoist the access into the non-preemptible region where the pointer is actually used. But of course it's valid that the compiler keeps it at the place where the code puts it which rightfully triggers: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: caller is hotplug_cpu__broadcast_tick_pull+0x1c/0xc0 Move it to the actual usage site which is in a non-preemptible region.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
dfe19aa91378972f10530635ad83b2d77f481044, 457a1c87d454455d671a3045cf0b56157be110a1, 9ef7190228145f959d9bc0ddca40ecf76bb413b0, d3b165c10473aa6fc6141bb5b1f6e5b50c1fb774, 408bfb6b0a7f22e971ce6b600aec448769e580a8, 3a58c590f6bd1d20eb1e76c5cea31c36cc032339, 2cdab4b4bf77369961f706cdeb7d040db10c5217, f7d43dd206e7e18c182f200e67a8db8c209907fa, 6.1.103, 6.6.44, 6.10.3

Timeline

Official Publish: September 4th, 2024
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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