{"id":"CVE-2024-50072","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-50072","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:25:36.550Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bugs: Use code segment selector for VERW operand Robert Gill reported below #GP in 32-bit mode when dosemu software was executing vm86() system call: general protection fault: 0000…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/bugs: Use code segment selector for VERW operand\n\nRobert Gill reported below #GP in 32-bit mode when dosemu software was\nexecuting vm86() system call:\n\n  general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n  CPU: 4 PID: 4610 Comm: dosemu.bin Not tainted 6.6.21-gentoo-x86 #1\n  Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge 1950/0H723K, BIOS 2.7.0 10/30/2010\n  EIP: restore_all_switch_stack+0xbe/0xcf\n  EAX: 00000000 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000000\n  ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: 00000000 ESP: ff8affdc\n  DS: 0000 ES: 0000 FS: 0000 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 EFLAGS: 00010046\n  CR0: 80050033 CR2: 00c2101c CR3: 04b6d000 CR4: 000406d0\n  Call Trace:\n   show_regs+0x70/0x78\n   die_addr+0x29/0x70\n   exc_general_protection+0x13c/0x348\n   exc_bounds+0x98/0x98\n   handle_exception+0x14d/0x14d\n   exc_bounds+0x98/0x98\n   restore_all_switch_stack+0xbe/0xcf\n   exc_bounds+0x98/0x98\n   restore_all_switch_stack+0xbe/0xcf\n\nThis only happens in 32-bit mode when VERW based mitigations like MDS/RFDS\nare enabled. This is because segment registers with an arbitrary user value\ncan result in #GP when executing VERW. Intel SDM vol. 2C documents the\nfollowing behavior for VERW instruction:\n\n  #GP(0) - If a memory operand effective address is outside the CS, DS, ES,\n\t   FS, or GS segment limit.\n\nCLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS macro executes VERW instruction before returning to user\nspace. Use %cs selector to reference VERW operand. This ensures VERW will\nnot #GP for an arbitrary user %ds.\n\n[ mingo: Fixed the SOB chain. ]","published":"2024-10-29T01:15:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:03:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00232,"percentile":0.13953,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c5fe74f3bef98f75d16effa49836d50c9b6097","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/481b477ab63c7245715a3e57ba79eb87c2dc0d02","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ada431c6c31a2c8c37991c46089af5caa23a9c6e","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc576fbaf82deded606e69a00efe9752136bf91d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd1d223d80cb29a210caa1bd5e21f0816d58f02","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4d2102018542e3ae5e297bc6e229303abff8a0f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50072","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}