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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-50072" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-10-29T00:50:14.170Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-23T15:54:21.843Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:20.494Z" 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-2024-50072" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-50072.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50072" title: "x86/bugs: Use code segment selector for VERW operand" summary: "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. ]" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"50f021f0b985629accf10481a6e89af8b9700583","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bfd1d223d80cb29a210caa1bd5e21f0816d58f02"},{"version":"d54de9f2a127090f2017184e8257795b487d5312","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ada431c6c31a2c8c37991c46089af5caa23a9c6e"},{"version":"2e3087505ddb8ba2d3d4c81306cca11e868fcdb9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"38c5fe74f3bef98f75d16effa49836d50c9b6097"},{"version":"ca13d8cd8dac25558da4ee8df4dc70e8e7f9d762","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"481b477ab63c7245715a3e57ba79eb87c2dc0d02"},{"version":"a0e2dab44d22b913b4c228c8b52b2a104434b0b3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bc576fbaf82deded606e69a00efe9752136bf91d"},{"version":"a0e2dab44d22b913b4c228c8b52b2a104434b0b3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e4d2102018542e3ae5e297bc6e229303abff8a0f"},{"version":"51eca9f1fd047b500137d021f882d93f03280118","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.10.215","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.229"},{"version":"5.15.154","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.171"},{"version":"6.1.81","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.116"},{"version":"6.6.21","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.58"},{"version":"6.7.9","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.8"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.8"},{"version":"5.10.229","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.171","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.116","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.58","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.11.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.11.*"},{"version":"6.12","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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