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CVE-2024-44958

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-44958 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically related to an unbalance in the sched_smt_present counter during CPU deactivation. This flaw can lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to a negative count in the jump label mechanism. The attack vector is local with low complexity, requiring local privileges to trigger the issue. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.14.86, < 4.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.19.7, < 4.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.15.165CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.105CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.6.46CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

codesyspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
esphomepatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.164.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17250-17086Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.167.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17207-16823Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19670-17086Fixed in: 5.15.167.1-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (5)

codesysllm-codesys-fe85e88fbae25bb9CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP7 Security Updates

Jun 3, 2025
esphomellm-esphome-ed450ce9fd6a7380CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP7 Security Updates

Jun 3, 2025
microsoft2024-Oct/CVE-2024-44958

CVE-2024-44958

Oct 8, 2024
microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2024-44958Moderate

sched/smt: Fix unbalance sched_smt_present dec/inc

Sep 10, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-44958Moderate

kernel: sched/smt: Fix unbalance sched_smt_present dec/inc

Sep 4, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2a3548c7ef2e135aee40e7e5e44e7d11b893e7c4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2cf7665efe451e48d27953e6b5bc627d518c902b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/65727331b60197b742089855ac09464c22b96f66
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d0c87a3c6be10a57aa3463c32c3fc6b2a47c3dab
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e22f910a26cc2a3ac9c66b8e935ef2a7dd881117
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html