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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-42240" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-08-07T15:14:27.977Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-23T15:52:28.123Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-42240" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-42240.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42240" title: "x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation\n\nWhen BHI mitigation is enabled, if SYSENTER is invoked with the TF flag set\nthen entry_SYSENTER_compat() uses CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY and calls the\nclear_bhb_loop() before the TF flag is cleared. This causes the #DB handler\n(exc_debug_kernel()) to issue a warning because single-step is used outside the\nentry_SYSENTER_compat() function.\n\nTo address this issue, entry_SYSENTER_compat() should use CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY\nafter making sure the TF flag is cleared.\n\nThe problem can be reproduced with the following sequence:\n\n $ cat sysenter_step.c\n int main()\n { asm(\"pushf; pop %ax; bts $8,%ax; push %ax; popf; sysenter\"); }\n\n $ gcc -o sysenter_step sysenter_step.c\n\n $ ./sysenter_step\n Segmentation fault (core dumped)\n\nThe program is expected to crash, and the #DB handler will issue a warning.\n\nKernel log:\n\n WARNING: CPU: 27 PID: 7000 at arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:1009 exc_debug_kernel+0xd2/0x160\n ...\n RIP: 0010:exc_debug_kernel+0xd2/0x160\n ...\n Call Trace:\n \u003c#DB\u003e\n ? show_regs+0x68/0x80\n ? __warn+0x8c/0x140\n ? exc_debug_kernel+0xd2/0x160\n ? report_bug+0x175/0x1a0\n ? handle_bug+0x44/0x90\n ? exc_invalid_op+0x1c/0x70\n ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1f/0x30\n ? exc_debug_kernel+0xd2/0x160\n exc_debug+0x43/0x50\n asm_exc_debug+0x1e/0x40\n RIP: 0010:clear_bhb_loop+0x0/0xb0\n ...\n \u003c/#DB\u003e\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n ? entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x8d\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\n [ bp: Massage commit message. ]" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"bd53ec80f21839cfd4d852a6088279d602d67e5b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"db56615e96c439e13783d7715330e824b4fd4b84"},{"version":"07dbb10f153f483e8249acebdffedf922e2ec2e1","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a765679defe1dc1b8fa01928a6ad6361e72a1364"},{"version":"eb36b0dce2138581bc6b5e39d0273cb4c96ded81","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dae3543db8f0cf8ac1a198c3bb4b6e3c24d576cf"},{"version":"7390db8aea0d64e9deb28b8e1ce716f5020c7ee5","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"08518d48e5b744620524f0acd7c26c19bda7f513"},{"version":"7390db8aea0d64e9deb28b8e1ce716f5020c7ee5","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ac8b270b61d48fcc61f052097777e3b5e11591e0"},{"version":"8f51637712e4da5be410a1666f8aee0d86eef898","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.15.154","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.163"},{"version":"6.1.85","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.100"},{"version":"6.6.26","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.41"},{"version":"6.8.5","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.9"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.9"},{"version":"5.15.163","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.100","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.41","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.9.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.9.*"},{"version":"6.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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